# The Social Security (Adjudication) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 64 of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1986. Regulation 2 amends regulation 64 of those Regulations, which provides for circumstances in which an adjudication officer can, as an interim measure, proceed to determine claims or questions relating to income support or to payment of Social Fund maternity expenses which depend on answering a listed question on the assumption that the determination of that question will be adverse to the claimant.
Regulation 2—
(a) provides that where a question arises as to what housing costs are to be included in a claimant’s applicable amount and those costs cannot be immediately determined, an adjudication officer shall proceed to determine a claim or question on the assumption that the housing costs to be included in a claimant’s applicable amount are those that can be immediately determined;
(b) adds the question as to whether severe disability premium is included in a claimant’s applicable amount to the list of questions in paragraph (3) of regulation 64.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2686/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-amendment-no-2-regulations-1994/note
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