The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 576

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2004

Made

3rd March 2004

Laid before Parliament

10th March 2004

Coming into force - - in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(p), 15A(2)(b) and 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 F1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation as appropriate with organisations representing qualifying lenders likely to be affected by the Regulations F2 , and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make the Regulations should not be referred to it F3 , hereby makes the following Regulations:

F1 1992 c. 5. Section 15A was inserted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) Act 1992 (c. 33) and amended by Section 14 and Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16). Section 191 is cited for the meaning given to the word “prescribe”.

F2 See section 15A(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and Schedule 2, paragraph 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16).

F3 See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force—

(a) in relation to regulations 1 and 3 on 1st April 2004;

(b) in relation to regulation 2, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 12th April 2004, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 F4 .

F4 S.I. 1987/1967.

Amendment of paragraph 4(2A) of Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

2.  In paragraph 4(2A) of Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 F5 (deduction from benefit and direct payments to third parties), for the amount “£17.50” in each place where it appears, there is substituted the amount “ £18.10 ” .

F5 S.I. 1987/1968. Paragraph 4(2A) of Schedule 9 was inserted by Regulation 2 of S.I. 2003/2325.

Amendment of paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

F6 3.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 Reg. 3 revoked (1.4.2017) by The Social Security (Fees Payable by Qualifying Lenders) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/270), regs. 1, 4, Sch.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Maria Eagle

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968) by increasing from £17.50 to £18.10 the amount allowed for personal expenses where a person is in accommodation for which benefit is paid to their accommodation provider.

The Regulations also amend paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 by increasing from £0.73 to £0.78 the fee which qualifying lenders pay for the purpose of defraying administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in making payments in respect of mortgage interest direct to qualifying lenders.

The impact on business of applying these Regulations is minimal and the publication of a Regulatory Impact Assessment is therefore not necessary.