Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 3209
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2003
Made
9th December 2003
Laid before Parliament
16th December 2003
Coming into force
6th January 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(j), 111A(1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E), 112(1A) to (1D), 189(1), (4) and (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make 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 (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 6th January 2004.
Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
2. In the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987( 3 ), in regulation 32(1B)( 4 ) (changes to be notified) for “in writing (unless the Secretary of State determines in any particular case to accept notice given otherwise than in writing) of any such change to an appropriate office” substitute—
“ of the change to the appropriate office—
(i)in writing or by telephone (unless the Secretary of State determines in any particular case that notice must be in writing or may be given otherwise than in writing or by telephone); or
(ii)in writing if in any class of case he requires written notice (unless he determines in any particular case to accept notice given otherwise than in writing) ” .
Amendment of the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2001
3. In the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2001( 5 ), in regulation 5(1)( 6 ) (change affecting other benefit payment or advantage)—
(a) omit “or sent”, and
(b) for “in writing (except where he determines in any particular case that he will accept a notice otherwise than in writing) at the appropriate office” substitute—
“ at the appropriate office—
(a)in writing or by telephone (unless the Secretary of State determines in any particular case that notice must be in writing or may be given otherwise than in writing or by telephone); or
(b)in writing if in any class of case he requires written notice (unless he determines in any particular case to accept notice given otherwise than in writing) ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
9th December 2003
1992 c. 5 ; section 111A was inserted by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) , section 13; subsections (1A) to (1G) of section 111A were inserted, and subsections (1A) to (1D) of section 112 were substituted, by the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11) , section 16; there are amendments to section 189(1), (4) and (6) which are not relevant to these Regulations; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b).
Regulation 32 was amended by S.I.1992/2595 , 1995/2303 , 1996/1460 , 1999/2572 and 3108 , 2002/3019 and 2003/492 , 1050 , 1632 and 2274 ; paragraphs (1) to (1B) were substituted by S.I. 2003/1050 . Regulation 32 was modified by S.I. 2003/2800 .
Regulation 5 was amended by S.I. 2002/1789 and 2003/492 and 2800 .