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SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
12th January 1993
Laid before Parliament
12th January 1993
Coming into force
2nd February 1993
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1993.
2. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (eligible housing costs) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(3)-
(a)in sub-paragraph (b) after the words "as the home" there shall be inserted the words-
", including interest on a loan for any service charge imposed to meet the cost of such repairs and improvements;";
(b)sub-paragraph (h) shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Alistair Burt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
12th January 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, so as to include amongst the eligible housing costs for the purpose of income support interest on loans acquired to meet any service charge in respect of repairs or improvements to a dwelling occupied as a home and to omit sub-paragraph (h), which provided for certain payments analogous to those specified elsewhere in paragraph 1 to qualify as eligible housing costs.