The War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Made: 4th December 1995

Laid before Parliament: 8th December 1995

Coming into force: 1st January 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 25(1), 29(1) and 30(1) of the Social Security Act 1989[^f00001] and section 189(4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[^f00002] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

• (2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990[^f00003].

Amendment of regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations

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In paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

• (a) for the definition of “area” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• “area” in relation to each Committee means the places specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the name of the Committee;

• (b) after the definition of “Committee” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “local authority” means, in relation to a War Pensions Committee— in England, the council of a county, district or London borough, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the Common Council of the City of London, or a shadow authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994[^f00004] but excludes a council listed in Schedule 1A (excepted authorities); in Scotland— in the period prior to 1st April 1996, a council in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors took place on 6th April 1995 or an islands council; in any period from and including 1st April 1996 a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994[^f00005]; in Wales, a new principal council within the meaning of section 21 of the Local Government Act 1972 as substituted by section 2 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994[^f00006];

Substitution of regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations

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For regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations (establishment of War Pensions Committees) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

(2) (1) Each of the areas specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall have a War Pensions Committee named in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Schedule. (2) In the case of each of the War Pensions Committees established for North and West Wales and for South Wales there appears below its name in English in column 1 of Schedule 1 its name in Welsh and either its Welsh or English name may be used for any purpose.

Amendment of regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations

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For sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (3) of regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations (membership of Committee (except Northern Ireland War Pensions Committee)) there shall be substituted—

(d) four members each of whom has been nominated by a local authority exercising functions in any part of the area for which the Committee is appointed.

Substitution of new Schedule 1 and insertion of Schedule 1A in the Principal Regulations

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• (1) For Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out at Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

• (2) After Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations (as substituted by paragraph (1) of this regulation) there shall be inserted as Schedule 1A the Schedule set out at Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1 — SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 2 — SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED AS SCHEDULE 1A TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

MacKay of Ardbrecknish — Minister of State, — Department of Social Security — 4th December 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1349) with effect from 1st January 1996 (when new appointments fall to be made to the Committees) so that the areas for which the Committees are established reflect the structure of local government as it will exist on 1st April 1996. The Regulations also permit the two Welsh War Pensions Committees to be known by Welsh names, and provide such names for them.

These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 24; section 30(1) is cited because of the meaning which it ascribes to “prescribe”. Section 25 extends to Northern Ireland by virtue of section 33(6).

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 5; subsections (4) and (5) of section 189 respectively re-enact subsections (1) and (2) of section 166 of the Social Security Act 1975. Those subsections were applied to section 25 of the 1989 Act by section 29 of the 1989 Act.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1990/1349.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1994/867.

[^f00005]: 1994 c. 39.

[^f00006]: 1994 c. 19.

[^f00007]: A new district of York was constituted by article 3 of the North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/610) with effect from 8th March 1995. That district will cease to form part of North Yorkshire and become a separate county on 1st April 1996 by virtue of articles 4 and 5(1) of that Order.

[^f00008]: This borough is renamed Redcar and Cleveland with effect from 1st April 1996 by virtue of article 9 of the Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/187).

[^f00009]: The districts of the City of Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire are constituted by article 3 of the Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/600) with effect from 8th March 1995, each area also becoming a county on 1st April 1996 by virtue of article 6 of that Order.

[^f00010]: The districts of Bath and North East Somerset, the City of Bristol and South Gloucestershire are constituted by article 3 of the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/493) with effect from 1st March 1995. On 1st April 1996 the district of Woodspring is renamed North West Somerset by article 4 of that Order, and North West Somerset and the districts constituted by article 3 become counties by virtue of article 6 of the Order.