Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1

(1)

Regulation 1 of the principal regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (2)–

(a)

after the definition “the 1975 Act” there shall be added the following definition–

““the 1986 Act”means the Social Security Act 1986^f1;”;

(b)

the words “who is in arrears in respect of community charges and” shall be omitted from the definition “debtor”;

(c)

after the definition “income support” there shall be inserted the following definition–

““married couple”has the meaning ascribed to it in section 20(11) of the 1986 Act;”;

(d)

after the definition “payments to third parties” there shall be inserted the following definition–

““polygamous marriage”means a marriage to which section 22B of the 1986 Act refers^f2 ”

(e)

for the words “of the 1975 Act.” in the definition “tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “of the 1975 Act; and”; and

(f)

after the definition “tribunal” there shall be added the following definition–

““unmarried couple” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 20(11) of the 1986 Act.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1986 c. 50.
f2: Section 22B was inserted into the Social Security Act 1986 by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 5 and was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 9(3).