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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2013/376, 2015/499, 2022/752, 2025/884 and 2026/395 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 6th October 2026

Laid before Parliament 7th October 2026

Coming into force 30th October 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130A(2), 136(3) and (5), 136A(3) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1, sections 71(8), 71ZC(1) and 189(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f2, paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997^f3, sections 1(5)(b), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 17(2)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f4, sections 4(2), 17(1) and (3) and 25(2), (3) and (5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f5 and sections 42(1) to (3), 80(1) and (3), 93(1) and 94(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3)(a) of Schedule 1, paragraphs 1(1) and 4(1)(b) and (2)(d) of Schedule 6, and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 10 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f6.

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

In respect of regulations 4 and 5, in accordance with section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f7, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4. Section 130A was inserted by section 30(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5). Section 136A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16). Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Section 175(1), (3) and (4) is applied in relation to the powers conferred by sections 1(5)(b), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 17(2)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of that Act. See section 137(1) for the definition of “prescribed”.
f2: 1992 c. 5. Section 71(8) was amended by section 107(1) and Schedule 14 Part 11 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5). Section 71ZC(1) was inserted by section 105(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Section 189 was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8, to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and S.I. 2013/252. Section 189(4) is applied to the provisions of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27) by section 30(4) of that Act.
f3: 1997 c. 27. See section 29 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f4: 2002 c. 16. See section 17(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f5: 2007 c. 5. See section 24(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f6: 2012 c. 5. See section 95 for the definition of “prescribed”.
f7: Section 176(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).