Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 in relation to the suspension of payment of benefit under an award. They provide that the Secretary of State may suspend payment, in whole or in part, where an appeal is pending against the decision given in a different case by a Social Security Commissioner or a court, and it appears to the Secretary of State that if the appeal were to be determined in a particular way an issue would arise whether the award in the case itself ought to be revised.

These Regulations are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of section 83 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security Act 1998; they are accordingly exempt from referral to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and have not been so referred.

These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.