Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2052
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2005
Made
21st July 2005
Laid before Parliament
29th July 2005
Coming into force
1st September 2005
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B(1), 140C(1) and (4) and 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ) and section 70 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of Treasury( 3 ) and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned( 4 ), hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st September 2005.
(2) This Order shall –
(a) for the purposes of article 2(2) have effect from 1st April 2004; and
(b) for the purpose of article 2(3) have effect from 1st April 2005.
Amendment of the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001
2. —(1)The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001( 5 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
(2) In article 1(2) (interpretation), in the definition of “non-audit claim” the words “in England and Wales” shall be omitted.
(3) In article 3(2) (claims), in sub-paragraph (f) for “30th June” there shall be substituted “31st May”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
21 July 2005
We consent
Vernon Coaker
David Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21 July 2005
1992 c. 5 . Sections 140B and 140C were inserted with savings by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996, (c.52) . Relevant amendments were made to section 140B(1) by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) .
() 2000 c. 19 . Relevant amendments were made to section 70(2)(a) by Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) .
Section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) .
Section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
S.I. 2001/ 2340 . The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2004/2329 .