Regulation 3 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 9 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph 1(1) (interpretation)—

(i)

in the definition of “hostel”^f2 for sub-paragraph (b)(ii) substitute—

“(ii)
managed or owned by a registered social landlord which is registered in accordance with Part 3 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001;”;

(ii)

in the definition of “housing authority”^f3 omit “Scottish Homes”;

(b)

in paragraph 9(1B)(a)^f4 (priority as between certain debts) after “paragraph 3 (housing costs)” add “, paragraph 4 (miscellaneous accommodation costs) or paragraph 4A (hostel payments)”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 17.11.2008, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1968.
f2: Inserted by S.I. 1991/2284 and substituted by S.I. 2005/2687.
f3: Inserted by S.I. 1991/2284.
f4: Inserted by S.I. 1993/495.