Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1988/662 |
| Year | 1988 |
1988 No. 662
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
HOUSING, SCOTLAND
The Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988
Made 30th March 1988
Coming into force 1st April 1988
Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 83(3) of the Social Security Act 1986 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 31(1) and (2) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 19861and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned2, by this instrument, which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations, which may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988, shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;
“appropriate DHSS office” means an office of the Department of Health and Social Security which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support and includes an office for the Department of Employment which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for unemployment benefit;
“authority” means any of the authorities to which section 28(3) of the Act refers;
“benefit” means any benefit under the benefit Acts3and any social fund payments such as are mentioned in section 32(2) of the Act;
“claimant” means a person claiming housing benefit;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 19874;
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19875;
“partner” means—
(a) where a claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple, the other member of that couple; or
(b) where a claimant is polygamously married to two or more members of his household, any such member.
Information to be supplied by the Secretary of State to an authority
2.—(1) For the purposes of section 31(1) of the Act (information which may be supplied by the Secretary of State where...
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