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The Child Benefit (Different Rates) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/543 · Made 7 March 1991

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th March 1991

Laid before Parliament 14th March 1991

Coming into force 8th April 1991

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5(3) of the Child Benefit Act 1975f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1975 c. 61.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Date on which child benefit becomes payable at different rates
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order, which may be cited as the Child Benefit (Different Rates) Order 1991, shall come into force on 8th April 1991.

2Date on which child benefit becomes payable at different rates

The day on which child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 shall become payable at the rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976f1 is 8th April 1991.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Michael Jack

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

7th March 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that 8th April 1991 shall be the date on which child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 is to be payable at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a) of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 in respect of an only, elder or eldest child.