The Social Security (Loss of Benefit)(Amendment) Regulations 2013

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 385

Social Security

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit)(Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made

25th February 2013

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6B(5A), (6), (7)(c), (8), (9), (11) and (14), 7(2A), (3), (4)(c), (4A), (4B) and (6), 8(4)(c), 9(2), (2A), (3), (4)(c), (4A) and (4B), 10(1) and 11(1) of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001(1) and section 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”)(2).

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Administration Act, the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(3).

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 11(3) of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001.

(1)

2001 c.11 (“the Fraud Act”). Section 6B is inserted by section 24(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) (“the 2009 Act”). Sections 7(4A) and 9(4A) are inserted respectively by paragraphs 45 and 46 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16). Sections 7(4B) and 9(4B) are inserted by paragraph 23 of the Schedule to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). Sections 6B(5A), 7(2A) and 9(2A) are inserted respectively by paragraphs 58(3), 59(3) and 61(4) of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5). Section 6B(14) is inserted by section 118(5) of that Act. Section 11(1) is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c.5. See section 11(4) of the Fraud Act.

(3)

Sections 6A to 11 of the Fraud Act is a “relevant enactment” by virtue of section 170(5)(ag) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 inserted by section 12(3) of the Fraud Act. The reference to section 6A is inserted by paragraph 9(a) of Schedule 4 to the 2009 Act.