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

• Citation: S.I. 1996/672
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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.

Section 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

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

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(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—

Payments to persons under age 18

(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.

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Section 3 Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982

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".

Section 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988

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Section 5 Amendment of the Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990

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