Introductory text

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 19(2A) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Social Security

Made 2010

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2(2)

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by:

(a)

section 175(3) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1;

(b)

sections 1(1) and 5(1)(i), (k) and (l) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f2; and

(c)

sections 1(5)(a), 2(3) and (4), 3(4), (6) and (7), 15(1)(j), (2) and (3), 17(1) and (2), 18A(1), (2) and (5) to (8) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f3.

The Secretary of State has referred these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee in accordance with section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f4.

In accordance with section 18A(11) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002, this instrument has been made with the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 19(2A) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4. Section 175(3) and (5) are applied to the power to make regulations under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16) by section 19(1) of that Act.
f2: 1992 c. 5. State pension credit is a benefit to which section 1(1) applies by virtue of section 1(4)(ab) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), inserted by paragraph 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16). The relevant amendment to section 5 is by paragraph 1 and 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16).
f3: 2002 c. 16. Section 17(1) is cited due to the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 18A and section 19(2A) were inserted by section 27 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24).
f4: 1992 c. 5.