Made |
6th September 1996 |
Laid before parliament |
12th September 1996 |
Coming into force |
7th October 1996 |
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(a), (i), (n) and (o), 61(1) and (2), 189 and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19921 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it2, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments and Adjudication) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.
(2) In these Regulations-
"the Claims and Payments Regulations" means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987;
"the Adjudication Regulations" means the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 19953.
[Regulation 2 amends reg.19(1) of S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulation 3 amends reg.22(2) of S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulation 4 substitutes reg.37(5)(a) of S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulation 5 substitutes reg.37AA (4) (b) of S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulation 6 amends para.9 of Sch.4 to S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulation 7 deletes Sch.5 to S.I.1987/1968.]
[Regulations 8 and 9 revoked by S.I. 1999/991 as from 29.11.99.]
[Regulation 8 substitutes reg.63(7) - (10) for reg.63(7) - (11) of S.I.1995/1801.]
[Regulation 9 adds reg.63A(9) - (12) to S.I.1995/1801.]
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Alistair Burt | |
Minister of State, | |
6th September 1996 |
Department of Social Security |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (ante) in the following respects-
they remove the special rules on time limits for claiming incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance for claimants in hospital (regulations 2 and 7); they also amend the time limit for claiming social fund payments (regulation 6);
they increase the maximum weekly amount of benefit which may be paid at intervals of up to 12 months (regulation 3);
they alter the period of time within which payment of benefit may be suspended in a case where an appeal to a Social Security Commissioner may be made (regulation 4);
they make an amendment, consequential on changes to the entitlement conditions for income support, to the provisions on withholding of benefit (regulation 5).
These Regulations also amend regulations 63 and 63A of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1995 (S.I.1995/1801), which concern reviews of income support and jobseeker's allowance. The regulations amend the provisions relating to the date that reviews of income support have effect where reductions in the capital outstanding on a loan or changes in the rate of interest have occurred (regulation 8), and make similar provision for jobseeker's allowance (regulation 9).
These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.
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1 Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definition of "prescribe". 2 See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. |
