The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017
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2017 No. 271
Social Security
The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made 6th March 2017
Laid before Parliament 9th March 2017
Coming into force 6th April 2017
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(1)(a), (2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
(2) They come into force on 6th April 2017.
Amendments to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988
2. In regulation 1A of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (prescribed description of persons)3, for paragraph (3)(d) substitute—
“(d)
“(d) P’s child tax credit includes a disability element within the meaning of section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”.
Amendments to the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005
3.—(1) The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 20054are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “family element”.
(3) In regulations 5(2)(e) (entitlement to Sure Start Maternity Grant)5, 6(1)(b)(ii) (award of Sure Start Maternity Grant to persons affected by a trade dispute) and 7(4)(a)(v)6(entitlement to funeral payment), for “payable at a rate higher than the family element” substitute “which includes an individual element or a disability element referred to in section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002”.
Caroline Nokes
Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
6th March 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make consequential amendments to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 ( S.I. 1988/1724) and the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. 2005/3061) to take account of changes made by the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7)to child tax credit...
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