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2002 No. 2322

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2002

Made

9th September 2002

Laid before Parliament

13th September 2002

Coming into force

7th October 2002

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and section 122(3) and (5) of the Housing Act 1996( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned( 3 ), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it( 4 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2002, and shall come into force on 7th October 2002.

Amendment of Regulations

2. In paragraph 11A of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(excluded tenancies—property acquired by social landlords)( 5 )—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “sub-paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added—

“ (3) Where the disposal or acquisition, as the case may be, took place on or after 7th October 2002, sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall apply to a tenancy to which sub-paragraph (1) refers as if head (i) were omitted. ” .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

9th September 2002

( 1 )

1992 c. 4 ; section 137(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”; section 175(1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) , Schedule 3, paragraph 29.

( 2 )

1996 c. 52 .

( 3 )

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) , section 176(1).

( 4 )

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b).

( 5 )

S.I. 1987/1971 . Schedule 1A was inserted by S.I. 1990/546 and amended by S.I. 1992/432 (which inserted paragraph 11A) and S.I. 1997/852 (which substituted heads (i) and (ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 11A).

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The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2002 (2002/2322)

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