The Child Benefit and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/965
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations, which may be cited as the Child Benefit and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993, shall come into force on 12th April 1993.

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations

(1) Regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 (weekly rates of child benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (2)–

(a) for the words “paragraph (2A)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2A) and (4)”;

(b) the words “, subject to the conditions mentioned in paragraph (4) of this regulation,” shall be omitted.

(3) For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

(a) an allowance or an increase of a benefit, pension or allowance which for the purpose of paragraph (5) of this regulation is a “specified benefit”, is paid to a person in respect of any week for or in respect of the only, elder or eldest child in respect of whom that person is entitled to child benefit for that week, then paragraph (2) of this regulation shall not apply; and

(4) In paragraph (5)(a)(i) the words “, guardian’s allowance under section 38” shall be omitted.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 8 of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations

(1) Regulation 8 of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (child benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (2) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (7) of this regulation,”.

(3) After paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph–

(7) No adjustment of benefit under paragraph (2) of this regulation shall be made in respect of guardian’s allowance payable to any person under section 77 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.