COMMENTED by
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007  (Note)

EXTENDED by
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007  (Memo)

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007 

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 2618

social security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007

Made

6th September 2007

Laid before Parliament

10th September 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in the exercise of powers conferred by—

– sections 30C(3), 30E(1), 70(8), 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 130(2), 135(1) and (2), 136(3), (5)(a) to (c), 136A(3), 137(1) and (2)(d) and (h), 171D, 171G(2), 175(1) to (4) of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1),

– sections 5(1)(a), (g), (hh), (i) and (q), 6(1)(a), (g), (hh), (i) and (q) and 189(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2),

– sections 4(5) and (12), 12(1), (2), (4)(a) to (c), 19(8), 20A(9), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995(3),

– paragraphs 4(6), 20(1)(b) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000(4), and

– sections 2(6), 15(3) and (6)(a), 17(1) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(5).

The Social Security Advisory Committee(6) and the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council(7) have agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to them.

In respect of the provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, the Secretary of State has consulted the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(8).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), shall come into force on 1st October 2007.

(2) Regulations 5(12) and 8(15), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 7th April 2008.

(3) Regulation 11(12) shall come into force—

(a)

in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 7th April 2008;

(b)

in any other case, on 1st April 2008.

(4) Regulation 13(10) shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

(5) In this regulation—...

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