The Social Security (Housing Costs and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3183

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Housing Costs and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007

Made

8th November 2007

Laid before Parliament

13th November 2007

Coming into force

17th December 2007

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(a), 135(1), 137(1) and (2)(d), and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(i) and (p), 15A(2)(aa) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3), and sections 2(3)(b), 17(1) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(4).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5).

(1)

1992 c.4. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. Paragraph 2(d) was substituted by the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (c.18), section 41(4), Schedule 2, paragraph 35(3). Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) (“the 1999 Act”).

(2)

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 subsection (2)(a) was amended by, and subsection (2)(aa) was inserted by, paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credits Act 2002 (c.16). Section 189(1), (4) and (5) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14). Section 189(1) was also amended by paragraph 57 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).

(3)

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

(4)

2002 c.16. Section 17(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(5)

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