The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2020

Made: 11th March 2020

Laid before Parliament: 12th March 2020

Coming into force

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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

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Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit by virtue of the Up-rating Order

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Persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain

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Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976

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Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977

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

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Revocation

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Signed

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

Will Quince — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2020-03-11

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.4. Section 90 was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30) and by article 2 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2002/1457. Section 90 was repealed by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) (“the 2002 Act”) in respect of child dependency increases, subject to savings by article 3 of S.I. 2003/938. Section 90 was repealed for remaining purposes by sections 15(1)(b) and 58(2)(a) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24), subject to a saving by section 15(2)(b) of that Act. Section 113(1) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29(2) and (4) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) (“the 1999 Act”). Section 122(1) is cited for the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

[^f00002]: 1992 c.5. Section 189(1) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109(a) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14) (“the 1998 Act”), paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act and Schedule 6 to the 2002 Act. Section 189(4) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109(c) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the 1998 Act and article 4 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2013/252. Section 189(5) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109(d) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the 1998 Act. Section 191 is cited for the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed” and was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5).

[^f00003]: 2014 c.19.

[^f00004]: Section 150A was inserted by section 5(1) of the Pensions Act 2007 (c.22).

[^f00005]: Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) provides that proposals in respect of regulations which would otherwise be referable to the Social Security Advisory Committee may not be so referred with the agreement of that Committee.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2020/234.

[^f00007]: 1998 c.14.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1975/563; amending instruments are S.I. 1977/342, 1979/1432, 1989/1642, 1990/621, 1992/1700, 1994/1832, 2000/2876, 2005/1551 and 2877, 2010/788 and 2017/422.

[^f00009]: S.I. 2015/173; regulation 21 was inserted by S.I. 2016/199.

[^f00010]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2016/199.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1976/409; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2744, 2002/2497 and 2019/552.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1977/343. Paragraph 2B was inserted by S.I. 1984/1699; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/2497 and 2019/552.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1987/1968. Sub-paragraph (2A) was inserted by S.I. 2003/2325; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2536 and 2019/552.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2019/552.

Editorial notes