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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 20th February 2001

Laid before Parliament 28th February 2001

Coming into force 9th April 2001

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1), 15A(2)(a), 189(4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ^f1, sections 123(1)(a), 124(1)(e), 135(1), 136(5)(b), 137(1) and (2)(d) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f2 and sections 4(5), 21, 26, 35(1) and (2) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995^f3, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations need not be referred to it^f4, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1: 1992 c. 5; section 15A was inserted by the Schedule to the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) Act 1992 (c. 33); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.
f2: 1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 137(2)(d) was substituted by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraph 35(3).
f3: 1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f4: See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.