The Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996

Made: 7th March 1996

Laid before Parliament: 14th March 1996

Coming into force: 4th April 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(i) and (p), and (5), 15A(2), 71(8), 81(1) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 4th April 1996.

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

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• (1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In regulation 21—

• (a) in paragraph (1) the words “to which this regulation applies"; and

• (b) paragraph (6),

shall be omitted.

• (4) For regulation 29 there is substituted the following regulation—

(29) Where benefit is paid to a person under the age of 18 (whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another) the receipt of that person shall be a sufficient discharge to the Secretary of State.

• (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982

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In regulation 9C of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (payments by the Secretary of State) , after the words “instrument of payment" there are inserted the words “, instrument for benefit payment".

Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988

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Amendment of the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990

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Signed

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

Oliver Heald — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Social Security — 1996-03-07

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 5.

[^f00002]: See section 173(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1987/1968. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1686, 1992/247 and 1026, 1993/1113, 1994/2319, 2943 and 3196.

[^f00004]: Regulation 20A was inserted by S.I. 1994/3196, regulation 4.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1982/894. Regulation 9C was inserted by S.I. 1987/372, regulation 2.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1988/664. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/829.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1990/322.

Editorial notes

[^c1773338]: 1992 c.5.

[^c1773339]: See section 173(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^c1773340]: S.I. 1987/1968. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1686, 1992/247 and 1026, 1993/1113, 1994/2319, 2943 and 3196.

[^c1773342]: S.I. 1982/894. Regulation 9C was inserted by S.I. 1987/372, regulation 2.

[^key-b14d11762407bbd9a52db19152d08e06]: Reg. 2 modified (7.4.2003 for specified purposes) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/492), regs. 1, 43, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with regs. 1(2), 44)

[^key-9654c9fb8631cd37c12499bbe673e801]: Reg. 2(2) revoked (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 7(b)

[^key-94b35b125b08bcdc17113eba3b10a97d]: Reg. 2(5)-(8) revoked (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 7(b)

[^key-0e80ba1f158b9f8dc346c6d2f1198987]: Reg. 4, 5 revoked (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 7(b)