Introductory text
SOCIAL SECURITY
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND
Made 13th January 1992
Laid before Parliament 17th January 1992
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
X1 The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 21(6)(b), 22(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986M1 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975M2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, so far as these Regulations relate to housing benefit, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concernedM3 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to itM4, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
1986 c.50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
- M2
1975 c.14; section 166(3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c.24), section 31(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 10; section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act.
- M3
See section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986; section 61(7) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c.41), Schedule 10, paragraph 10.
- M4
See the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), section 61(1) (b) and (10). The Social Security Act 1989 (c.24), Schedule 8, added a definition of “regulations” to section 61(10) of the Social Security Act 1986.
Editorial notes
- X1
This legislation was made on 13.01.1992 and was published on the SLDB on 04.02.1997 for the first time. Some information has now been added to the item but we have not yet completed carrying its effects into other parts of the database.