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The Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/672 · Made 7 March 1996

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SOCIAL SECURITY

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 7th March 1996

Laid before Parliament 14th March 1996

Coming into force 4th April 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(i) and (p), and (5), 15A(2), 71(8), 81(1) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992M1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to itM2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1992 c.5.

M2

See section 173(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
  3. 3Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982
  4. 4Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 Repealed
  5. 5Amendment of the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990 Repealed
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 4th April 1996.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987C1

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M1 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

F1(2)

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(3)

In regulation 21—

(a)

in paragraph (1) the words “to which this regulation applies"; and

(b)

paragraph (6),

shall be omitted.

(4)

For regulation 29 there is substituted the following regulation—

“ Payments to persons under age 18

29

Where benefit is paid to a person under the age of 18 (whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another) the receipt of that person shall be a sufficient discharge to the Secretary of State.”.

F2(5)

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(6)

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(7)

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(8)

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3Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982

In regulation 9C of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (payments by the Secretary of State) M1, after the words “instrument of payment" there are inserted the words “, instrument for benefit payment".

4Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988F1

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5Amendment of the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990F1

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Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Oliver Heald

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982, the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 and the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990 to make further provision for the payment of benefit by means of a benefit payment card described as an instrument for benefit payment. In particular, provision is made for the circumstances in which agents and receivers etc. may use the benefit payment card to collect benefit on the beneficiary’s behalf (regulation 2(2)(a) and (c)) and in which they or the beneficiary may be required to accept payment by this means of all the benefits then due (regulation 2(2)(d)).

These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.