2003 No. 511
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d), and (e), 136(3) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 F1 and sections 4(5), 12(1), (2), (3) and (4)(b), 35(1), and 36(2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 3(b), 4, 5 and 8A of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 F2 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 F3 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations shall not be referred to it F4, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 59 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).
See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).
See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in section 170(5) in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.
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”. Sections 175(1) and (4) were amended by section 2 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2).