Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1656
Social Security
The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
25th June 2012
Laid before Parliament
27th June 2012
Coming into force
30th July 2012
The Treasury makes the following Regulations, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 116(2) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and sections 116(2) and 171(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 2 ).
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions also makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(1), 36(2) and 40 of the Jobseekers Act 1995( 3 ).
In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 4 ), the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
(2) They come into force on 30th July 2012.
(3) Regulation 2(3)(a) does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975
2. —(1)The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975( 5 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), in the definition of “serving member of the forces” for “regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1975” substitute “regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001( 6 )”.
(3) In regulation 2 (unemployment, sickness and invalidity benefit and severe disablement allowance)—
(a) omit “a jobseeker’s allowance,”;
(b) omit “either—”;
(c) in paragraph (a), for “Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1975” substitute “Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001”; and
(d) omit both “; or” at the end of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b).
James Duddridge
Brooks Newmark
Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st June 2012
Chris Grayling
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
25th June 2012
1992 c. 4 . Section 116(2) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the 1999 Act”), paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) and paragraph 67 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 12) . Section 175(4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act.
1992 c. 7 . Section 116(2) was amended by S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15) , S.R. 1996/401 , S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10) , S.R. 1999/149 , S.R. 1999/310 , S.R. 1999/428 , S.R. 1999/472 and S.I. 1999/671 .
1995 c. 18 . Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning it gives to the word “regulations”.
S.I. 2001/1004 . S.I. was amended by S.I. 1996/1345 . There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.