The Social Security Amendment (Employment Zones) Regulations 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 724

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Amendment (Employment Zones) Regulations 2000

Made

13th March 2000

Laid before Parliament

13th March 2000

Coming into force

3rd April 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 135(1), 136(3) and (5)(a), (b) and (c) and 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 4(5), 12(4)(a), (b) and (c), 21, 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned(3) by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(4) and which is made before the end of a period of six months beginning with the coming into force of that section (5), 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(1); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “ regulations”.

(3)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

(4)

1999 c. 30.

(5)

See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).