Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st October 2007.

In regulations 4 and 5 “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

In regulations 2 to 4—

• “specified benefit” means one or more of the following benefits—

  1. (a)

     attendance allowance;

  2. (b)

     F1bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;

     bereavement allowance;

  3. (c)

     bereavement payment;

  4. (d)

     carer's allowance;

  5. (e)

     disability living allowance;

  6. (ee)

     F2employment and support allowance;

  7. (f)

     incapacity benefit;

  8. (g)

     income support;

  9. (h)

     jobseeker's allowance;

  10. (i)

      retirement pension;

  11. (j)

      state pension credit;

  12. (k)

      widowed parent's allowance;

  13. (l)

      winter fuel payment;

• “the Secretary of State” includes persons providing services to the Secretary of State;

• “local authority” M1 includes persons providing services to a local authority and persons authorised to exercise any function of a local authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit.