Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 2085
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000
Made
29th July 2000
Laid before Parliament
4th August 2000
Coming into force
25th August 2000
The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1C), 189(1), (3) to (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned( 2 ) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it( 3 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 25th August 2000.
Amendment of regulation 2B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987
2. In regulation 2B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987( 4 ) (cases in which section 1(1A) of the Administration Act is disapplied)—
(a) in paragraph (a) the word “or” shall be omitted;
(b) after the word “claimed” in paragraph (b) there shall be added the following words—
“ ; or
(c) to a claim for a further grant of housing benefit made before 5th September 2000 under regulation 72(12) to (14) (time and manner in which claims are to be made). ” .
Amendment of regulation 2B of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Benefit Regulations 1992
3. For regulation 2B of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992( 5 ) (requirement to state national insurance number) there shall be substituted the following—
“ Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act
2B. Section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) shall not apply in the case of a—
(a) child or young person in respect of whom council tax benefit is claimed;
(b) claim for a further grant of council tax benefit made before 5th September 2000 under regulation 62(13) to (15) (time and manner in which claims are to be made). ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
29th July 2000
1992 c. 5 . Section 1(1C) was inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) . Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the definition of “prescribe”.
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 section 176(1).
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 section 172(1).