Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 386
Social Security
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
13th March 2017
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2017
Coming into force
10th April 2017
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by sections 70(8) and 175(1) 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 Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
(2) They come into force on 10th April 2017.
Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976
2. In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976( 3 ) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed), for “£110”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£116”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Penny Mordaunt
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
13th March 2017
1992 c. 4 . Amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made to section 175(1).
See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) .
S.I. 1976/409 . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/470 , 1993/316 , 1996/2744 , 2001/538 , 2002/2497 , 2007/2618 , 2010/510 , 2014/904 and 2015/162 .