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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th September 2003

Laid before Parliament 12th September 2003

Coming into force 6th October 2003

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by the sections 5(1)(h), (hh) and (3A), 189(1), (4)(a) and (6), and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1, sections 10(3) and (6), 79(1) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998^f2, section 115(3) and (4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f3 and sections 1(5)(b), 2(6), 12(2) and (3), 13(1), 15(1)(e) and (j), 15(2), (6)(b) and (d), 17(1) and (2)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f4 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 should not be referred to it^f5, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1: 1992 c. 5, section 191 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”.
f2: 1998 c. 14, section 84 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”.
f3: 1999 c. 33.
f4: 2002 c. 16, section 17(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribed”.
f5: See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.