Introductory text

Social Security

Made 12th June 2013

Laid before Parliament 20th June 2013

Coming into force 1st July 2013

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a) and (d), 135(1) and (2), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1, sections 4(5) and (12), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f2, section 115(3), (4) and (7) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f3, sections 1(5)(a) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f4 and sections 4(3), 24 and 25(2), (3) and (5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f5.

He has consulted with such organisations which appear to him to be representative of the authorities concerned with these Regulations in so far as they relate to housing benefit^f6.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it^f7.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c.4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1), (3) and (4) is applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16) by section 19(1) of that Act.
f2: 1995 c.18; section 35(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the words “applicable amount”, “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f3: 1999 c.33.
f4: 2002 c.16; section 17(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the word “regulations”.
f5: 2007 c.5; section 24 is cited because of the meaning given to the words “regulations” and “prescribed”.
f6: See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).
f7: See sections 170, 172 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995, paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 added those Acts respectively to the list of “the relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.