Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

1997 No. 2814

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

Made 25th November 1997

Laid before Parliament 27th November 1997

Coming into force 1st December 1997

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1C), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19921, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 and is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997 immediately after the Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations 19973.

S-2 Amendment of regulation 2A of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

Amendment of regulation 2A of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

2. In regulation 2A(b) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19874(disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act) for the words “5th October 1988” there shall be substituted the words “5th October 1998”.

John Y. Denham

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

25th November 1997

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; they correct a typographical error in regulation 2A which provides for exemptions from the requirement to supply information relating to national insurance numbers.

These Regulations are made before the end of six months beginning with the coming into force of section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997; they are accordingly exempt from referral to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and have not been so referred.

These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.


(1) 1992 c. 5; subsections (1A) to (1C) of section 1 were inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (1997 c. 47); section 191 is an interpretation provision...

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