Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1512
Social Security
The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Made
14th July 2015
Laid before Parliament
15th July 2015
Coming into force
31st August 2015
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142(2)(b) and 175(1), (1A) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and sections 138(2)(b) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 2 ) and now exercisable by them( 3 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 31st August 2015.
Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006
2. In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006( 4 ), in the definition of “approved training”—
(a) omit sub-paragraph (a); and
(b) in sub-paragraph (d), after “known as”, insert ““United Youth Pilot”,”.
Charlie Elphicke
George Hollingbery
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th July 2015
1992 c. 4 . Section 142 was substituted by section 1(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6) . Section 175(1) was amended, and section 175(1A) inserted, by paragraphs 29(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2 ).
1992 c. 7 . Section 138 was substituted by section 2(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005. Section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) .
The powers of the Secretary of State under section 142 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(1)(b) of the Tax Credits Act 2002. The powers of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland under section 138 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(2)(b) of the Tax Credits Act 2002.
S.I. 2006/223 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2150 , 2009/3268 , 2012/818 , 2014/1231 .