The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the regulations listed below. The amendments are consequential on the coming into force of the Jobseekers Act 1995, which replaces income support for the unemployed and unemployment benefit with jobseeker’s allowance. The Regulations replace references to unemployment benefit with references to jobseeker’s allowance, and add references to jobseeker’s allowance where the existing regulations refer to income support.

The regulations amended by this Instrument are:

—0  the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/965);

—0  the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1816);

—0  the Child Support Fees Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3094);

—0  the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1813);

—0  the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1815);

—0  the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887);

—0  the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973);

—0  the Social Security (Airmen’s Benefits) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/494);

—0  the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1740);

—0  the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/1698);

—0  the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 (S.I. 1977/343);

—0  the Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/2010);

—0  the Social Security (Benefit) Members of the Forces Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/493);

—0  the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/563);

—0  the Social Security Benefit (Persons Residing Together) Regulations 1977 (S.I. 1977/956);

—0  the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2890);

—0  the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/393);

—0  the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit—Increases for Dependants) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2945);

—0  the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/311);

—0  the Social Security (Mariners’ Benefits) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/529);

—0  the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979/597);

—0  the Social Security (Payments on ccount, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/664);

—0  the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/322);

—0  the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1598);

—0  the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979/642).

A number of regulations are revoked by this instrument. In particular, most of the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 are revoked. The revocations are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

These Regulations are made under section 40 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date that provision came into force. Accordingly they are exempted by section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee and have not been so referred.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.