The Social Security (Local Councillors) Amendment Regulations 1990

Made22nd June 1990

Laid before Parliament29th June 1990

Coming into force1st August 1990

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(1) of, and paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 19891 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Local Councillors) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

Amendment of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance (Amendment) and Local Councillors Consequential) Regulations 19892

In paragraph (3) of regulation 3 of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance (Amendment) and Local Councillors Consequential) Regulations 19893 (treatment of a local councillor’s allowance paid otherwise than weekly) for the words “In the case of a special responsibility allowance,” there shall be substituted the words “In the case of a basic allowance or a special responsibility allowance,”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Nicholas ScottMinister of State,Department of Social Security22nd June 1990

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance (Amendment) and Local Councillors Consequential) Regulations 1989. They provide for the calculation of a councillor’s basic allowance for the purposes of severe disablement allowance, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or an invalidity pension under section 15 or section 16 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60). They are made as a consequence of the amendment to Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1989 by Schedule 11 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. That Act introduced a basic allowance for councillors which is payable in addition to an attendance allowance and a special responsibility allowance.