Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
12th March 1990
Laid before Parliament
15th March 1990
Coming into force
9th April 1990
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by section 35(5) of, and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains regulations which relate only to matters which in accordance with section 140 of the Act of 1975 have been referred to the Attendance Allowance Board(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 9th April 1990.
2. In regulation 6(2) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) (No. 2) Regulations 1975(3) (modification of section 35(1) to (4) of the Act in its application to children) the words "who has attained the age of 2 and" shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Nicholas Scott
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
12th March 1990
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amendthe Social Security (Attendance Allowance) (No. 2) Regulations 1975 by removing the restriction on entitlement to attendance allowance for children under two years of age (regulation 2).
1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the words "Prescribed" and "Regulations".
See the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 10 and Schedule 3, Part II, paragraph 12(3).