Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1195
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003
Made
30th April 2003
Laid before Parliament
6th May 2003
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6,M7 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 52(4) and 54 of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 1991 , sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 130(4), 131(10), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , sections 73(1)(b) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 , sections 4(5) and 36(1), (2) and (4)(a) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 2(3) and (6), 13(1), 17(1) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 , and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned , and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force for the purposes of—
(a) this regulation and regulations 7 to 10, on 21st May 2003;
(b) regulation 2—
(i) M8 in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary other than a beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, on 21st May 2003 if it is his appropriate pay day or, if not, on his appropriate pay day next following 21st May 2003, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph “ appropriate pay day ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 ; and
(ii) in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, on 21st May 2003;
(c) M9 regulation 3, in so far as it relates to a beneficiary paid in advance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 21st May 2003, but otherwise on the first day of the benefit week which includes that date, and for the purpose of this paragraph “ benefit week ” has the same meaning as in the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
F1 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) regulation 6, in so far as it relates to a beneficiary paid in advance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 21st May 2003, but otherwise on the first day of the benefit week which includes that date, and for the purpose of this paragraph “ benefit week ” has the same meaning as in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
M10 Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975
F2 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
F2 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987
F2,F3 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992
F2,F4 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
F2,F2 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000
M11 7. In the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000 , in regulation 5 (nil rate)—
(a) in paragraph (g)—
(i) for “1(a) or (b)” substitute “ 1(b) or 2 ” ; and
(ii) for “6” substitute “ 52 ” ;
(b) M12 in paragraph (gg) —
(i) after “Regulations” insert “ 2002 ” ; and
(ii) for “at least 13 but not exceeding” substitute “ more than ” ; and
(c) in paragraph (h) for “4(d)” substitute “ 4 ” .
Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002
F5 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002
F5 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003
F5,F6 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions