Statutory Instruments
2004 No.2984
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
14th November 2004
Laid before Parliament
18th November 2004
Coming into force
9th December 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) 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 2004, and shall come into force on 9th December 2004.
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)(a) after “the Housing Act 1985” there shall be added “or section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987”( 6 );
(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) after “the Housing Act 1985” there shall be added “or section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987”; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) after “Part III of that Act” there shall be added “or in respect of which the house has been acquired under the right conferred by Part III of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988”( 7 ).
(d) in sub-paragraph (1)(d) after “disposal under those Regulations” there is added “or in respect of a dwelling disposed of pursuant to powers contained in the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968( 8 ) to a housing association”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Chris Pond
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
14th November 2004
1992 c. 4 . Section 137(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”. Section 175(1) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) , schedule 3, paragraph 29.
See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) .
See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
S.I. 1987/1971 . Schedule 1A was inserted by S.I. 1990/546 . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/432 (which inserted paragraph 11A), S.I. 1997/852 (which substituted heads (i) and (ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 11A) and S.I. 2002/2322 (which inserted sub-paragraph (3)).
1968 c. 16 . Relevant amendments are contained in the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35) section 33.