The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 528

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000

Made

29th February 2000

Laid before Parliament

6th March 2000

Coming into force

27th March 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(1)(a) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 138(1) was substituted by section 70 of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 4). Section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 23 to the Transfer of Functions Act 1999 (c. 2).

(2)

See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).