Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 271
Social Security
The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
6th March 2017
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2017
Coming into force
6th April 2017
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(1)(a), (2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ).
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
(2) They come into force on 6th April 2017.
Amendments to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988
2. In regulation 1A of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (prescribed description of persons)( 3 ), for paragraph (3)(d) substitute—
“ (d) P’s child tax credit includes a disability element within the meaning of section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002; ” .
Amendments to the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005
3. —(1)The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005( 4 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “family element”.
(3) In regulations 5(2)(e) (entitlement to Sure Start Maternity Grant)( 5 ), 6(1)(b)(ii) (award of Sure Start Maternity Grant to persons affected by a trade dispute) and 7(4)(a)(v)( 6 ) (entitlement to funeral payment), for “payable at a rate higher than the family element” substitute “which includes an individual element or a disability element referred to in section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Caroline Nokes
Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
6th March 2017
1992 c. 4 . Section 138(4) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.
Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) provides that proposals in respect of regulations are not required to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee where the Committee agrees. Proposals in respect of these Regulations would otherwise be referable to the Committee by virtue of sections 170 and 172 of that Act.
S.I. 1988/1724 . Regulation 1A was inserted by S.I. 1991/2448 and substituted by S.I. 2010/2442 . Paragraph 3 of that regulation was amended by S.I. 2013/248 .
Regulation 5 was substituted by S.I. 2010/2760 . Paragraph 2 of that regulation was amended by S.I. 2013/247 .
Paragraph 4 of regulation 7 was amended by S.I. 2008/1554 and S.I. 2013/247 .