The Social Fund (Applications and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008

Made: 21st August 2008

Laid before Parliament: 29th August 2008

Coming into force: 1st October 2008

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Form and manner in which an application for a community care grant or budgeting loan is to be made

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Written applications

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Crisis loan application not made in writing

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Consent where application is made on behalf of someone else

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Time at which an application is to be treated as made

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Conditions to be satisfied before payment of a repayable social fund award

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Circumstances in which an award is to be extinguished

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Revocations

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

James Plaskitt — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — 21st August 2008

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.5. Section 189(1) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 57(2) and by the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), Schedule 6. Section 189(1), (4), (5) and (6) was amended by the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), Schedule 7, paragraph 109. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribe”. It has been amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007, section 40 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 2 and 10.

[^f00002]: See sections 170, 172 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5). Amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made to section 170.

[^f00003]: 1992 c.4. Section 138(1) was substituted by section 70 of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/1968.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1988/524.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1990/1788.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2002/2323.

Editorial notes

Form and manner in which an application for a crisis loan is to be made

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Written applications

Crisis loan application not made in writing

Consent where application is made on behalf of someone else

Time at which an application is to be treated as made

Conditions to be satisfied before payment of a repayable social fund award

Circumstances in which an award is to be extinguished

Revocations

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