# The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in connection with the coming into force of sections 7 to 13 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11) (“the Act”) which relate to restrictions in payment of certain benefits where a person has been convicted of one or more benefit offences in each of two separate proceedings and one offence is committed within three years of the conviction for another such offence.
The Regulations are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the relevant provisions of the Act and are therefore exempt from the requirement in section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) to refer proposals to make these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and are made without reference to that Committee.
Regulation 2 amends the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4022) so as to make special arrangements as regards the disqualification period for housing benefit and council tax benefit and corrects a drafting error in those Regulations.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/486/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-loss-of-benefit-amendment-regulations-2002/note
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