Regulation 11 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (h) of regulation 3^f2 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i) after the words “regulation 6(2)” there shall be inserted the words “or 6(5)”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (ii), for the words “that paragraph” there shall be substituted the words “those paragraphs”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (iii) after the words “regulation 6(3)” there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, regulation 6(6)”.

(3)

At the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 9A^f3 (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(9)

In the case of a person to whom regulation 6(5) of the Income Support Regulations applies, no part of any relevant benefit shall be paid directly by the Secretary of State to a qualifying lender.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1968.
f2: Regulation 3(h) was added by S.I. 1999/2556.
f3: Schedule 9A was inserted by S.I. 1992/1026. Paragraph 3 was amended by S.I. 1995/1613, 1996/1460, 1997/827 and 1999/2860 and 3178.