Regulation 26 Amendments consequential on the renaming of family credit as “working families' tax credit” and of disability working allowance as “disabled person’s tax credit”

(1)

In the provisions mentioned in Schedule 1 for the references to “family credit” wherever they occur there shall be substituted references to “working families' tax credit”.

(2)

In the provisions mentioned in Schedule 2 for references to “disability working allowance” wherever they occur there shall be substituted references to “disabled person’s tax credit”.

(3)

In the provisions mentioned in paragraph (4) for references to “the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted references to “the Board”.

(4)

The provisions to which paragraph (3) refers are–

(a)

regulation 14(6)^f1 of the Family Credit Regulations; and

(b)

regulation 16(8) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations.

(5)

In the provisions mentioned in paragraph (6) for references to “adjudication officer” there shall be substituted references to “appropriate officer”.

(6)

The provisions to which paragraph (5) refers are–

(a)

regulations 14(2)(a)(ii) and (aa)(ii), 14(2A), 19(3), 22(7) and 26(2B) and (4) of the Family Credit Regulations;

(b)

regulations 4(b), 21(3), 25(9), and 29(2B) and (4) of, and paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to, the Disability Working Allowance Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Amended by S.I. 1996/3137.