The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2331

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2000

Made

30th August 2000

Laid before Parliament

4th September 2000

Coming into force

2nd October 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 137(1) and 175(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 75(1) to (4), 76(1) to (3) and 189(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3) and after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(e) was substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 1; section 175 was amended by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994, Schedule 1, paragraph 36 and the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 29. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5; section 75(1) was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), Schedule 1, paragraph 3 and Schedule 2; section 76(1) to (3) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 15 and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 175; section 189(1) and (3) to (7) was amended by the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), Schedule 7, paragraph 109 and Schedule 8 and the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999, Schedule 3, paragraph 57.

(3)

See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 as amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 23 and the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 13, paragraph 3.

(4)

See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.