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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 2428

Social Security

The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008

Made

8th September 2008

Laid before Parliament

17th September 2008

Coming into force

27th October 2008

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  2. PART 1

    General amendments of the principal Regulations

    1. 2.Amendment of the principal Regulations

    2. 3.Amendment of Part 1 of the principal Regulations

    3. 4.Amendment of Part 3 of the principal Regulations

    4. 5.Amendment of Part 5 of the principal Regulations

    5. 6.Amendment of Part 7 of the principal Regulations

    6. 7.Amendment of Part 9 of the principal Regulations

    7. 8.Amendment of Part 10 of the principal Regulations

    8. 9.Amendment of Part 11 of the principal Regulations

    9. 10.Amendment of Part 12 of the principal Regulations

    10. 11.Amendment of Part 13 of the principal Regulations

    11. 12.Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

    12. 13.Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations

    13. 14.Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

    14. 15.Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations

    15. 16.Amendment of Schedule 6 to the principal Regulations

    16. 17.Amendment of Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations

    17. 18.Amendment of Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations

    18. 19.Amendment of Schedule 9 to the principal Regulations

  3. PART 2

    Child Maintenance Amendments of the principal Regulations

  4. PART 3

    Miscellaneous Amendments

    1. 21.Amendment of the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983

    2. 22.Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988

    3. 23.Amendment of the Social Security Administration Act 1992

    4. 24.Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008

    5. 25.Amendment of regulation 2

    6. 26.Amendment of regulation 3

    7. 27.Amendment of regulation 5

    8. 28.Regulation 7A

    9. 29.Amendment of regulation 11

    10. 30.Amendment of regulation 12

    11. 31.Amendment of regulation 23

    12. 32.Amendment of regulation 24

    13. 33.Amendment of regulation 29

    14. 34.Amendment of regulation 30

    15. 35.Amendment of regulation 35

    16. 36.Amendment of regulation 43

    17. 37.Amendment of regulation 48

    18. 38.Amendment of regulation 49

    19. 39.Amendment of regulation 59

    20. 40.Amendment of regulation 66

    21. 41.Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

    22. 42.Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008

Go to Explanatory Note

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 135(1), 136(3), 137(2)(h) and 175(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), paragraphs 4(6), 20(1)(b) and (3) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000(2), sections 2(1), 3(2) and (3), 4(2), 5(3), 8(1), (2)(a) and (b), 9 (1), (2)(a) and (b), 17(1), (2) and (3)(b), 18(4), 24(1), 25(1), (2), (3) and (5)(a) and 28(2) of, and paragraphs 1(4) and 6 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1(a), 2 and 10 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007(3).

These Regulations are made by virtue of, or consequential on, the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and are made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions(4).

In accordance with section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(5) the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 27th October 2008.

(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(6).

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 137(1) is cited for the meaning given to “prescribed”. Back [1]

(2)

2000 c. 19. Paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 7 is cited for the meaning given to “prescribed”. Back [2]

(4)

See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The requirement to refer Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee does not apply where regulations are contained in a statutory instrument made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the enactment under which the Regulations were made. Back [4]

(5)

1992 c. 5. Section 176(1) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) and section 69(6) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000. Back [5]

(6)

S.I. 2008/794. Back [6]