The Social Security (Persons Serving a Sentence of Imprisonment Detained in Hospital) Regulations 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 442

Social Security

The Social Security (Persons Serving a Sentence of Imprisonment Detained in Hospital) Regulations 2010

Made

23rd February 2010

Laid before Parliament

1st March 2010

Coming into force

25th March 2010

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(1)(b), 123(1)(a), 135(1) and (2), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 2(3), (6) and (9) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(2) and sections 2(1)(a), 4(2) and (3), 18(4)(b), 24(1) and 25(2), (3) and (5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(3).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4).

(1)

1992 c.4. Section 113(1) was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), Schedule 24, Part 3, paragraph 38. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 175(1) and (4) were amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 29.

(2)

2002 c.16. Section 17(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 are applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002.

(3)

2007 c.5. Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(4)

See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).