Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment Regulations 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/502 |
1991 No. 502
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment Regulations 1991
Made 5th March 1991
Coming into force 8th April 1991
Whereas a draft of the following regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in conjunction with the Treasury1and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5 and 24(1) of the Child Benefit Act 19752and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, interpretation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations, which may be cited as the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment Regulations 1991, shall come into force on 8th April 1991, immediately after the coming into force of article 8 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 19913.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 19764.
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
2. In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (weekly rates of child benefit)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “shall be £7.25.” there shall be substituted the words
“shall be—
(a) subject to paragraphs (2ZA) and (2ZB) of this regulation, in a case where in any week that child is the only child, or if not the only child, the elder or eldest child in respect of whom child benefit is payable to a person, £8.25; and
(b) in any other case, £7.25.”;
(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—
“2ZA Where in any week—
(a) a person—
(i) is residing with his spouse; or
(ii) is living with any other person as his spouse; or
(iii) is a member of a polygamous marriage and is residing with other members of that marriage; and
(b) child benefit would, but for this paragraph, be payable to that person in respect of a child at the weekly rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation; and
(c) child benefit would, but for this paragraph, be payable at that rate to his spouse or that other person or any other members of that polygamous marriage, as the case may be, in respect of another child,
the rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation shall be payable...
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