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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 6th January 2000

Laid before Parliament 7th January 2000

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1C)(c), 5(1)(d), 126A, 189(3) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1, sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 137(1) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f2, section 122(3) of the Housing Act 1996^f3 and section 34(4) and (5) of the Social Security Act 1998^f4, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committe that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it^f5 and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned^f6, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 5; subsections (1A) to (1C) of section 1, and section 126A were inserted by sections 19 and 11 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) respectively. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.
f2: 1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.
f3: 1996 c. 52.
f4: 1998 c. 14.
f5: See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
f6: See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.