Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 527
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating and Miscellaneous Increases Regulations 2000
Made
29th February 2000
Laid before Parliament
8th March 2000
Coming into force
10th April 2000
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30E(1), 122(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these regulations should not be referred to it( 2 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating and Miscellaneous Increases Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994
2. In regulation 8 of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994( 3 ) (limit of earnings from councillor’s allowance) for the sum of “£49.50” substitute the sum of “£58.50”.
Revocation
3. Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1999( 4 ) is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
29th February 2000
1992 c. 4 . Section 30E was inserted by section 3(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18) . Section 122(1) is cited for the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”.
See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
S.I. 1994/2946 ; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1999/858 .
S.I. 1999/858 .