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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3, on 16th June 2003; and
(b) for all other purposes on 6th October 2003 immediately after the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003 .
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PART 2
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PART 3
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 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions

SCHEDULE

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Short title Provision Relevant amendments
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act     
  Section 123(1)(d) and (e) Local Government Finance Act 1992 , Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1)
  Section 130(2) and (4) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 3
  
Section 131(10)
Section 136A
 State Pension Credit Act 2002 , Schedule 2, paragraph 3
  
Section 137(1) and (2)(i)
Section 175(3) and (4)
 
Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 , sections 4(11), 7(4) and 12(3)
Section 175 (3) and (4) is applied to the provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of that Act

Social Security Administration Act 1992     
  Section 5(1)(a), (d), (e), (i), (j) and (k) Social Security Act 1998 , Schedule 7, paragraph 79(1)
  Section 6(1)(a), (d), (e), (i), (k) and (l) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 12(1)(a) and (b) and Schedule 14
  
Section 75(2) and (4)
Section 76(1) and (2)
 Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraphs 15(2) and Schedule 14
  Section 128A Jobseekers Act 1995 , section 28(2)
  Section 189(4) and (5) Social Security Act 1998, Schedule 7, paragraph 109
Housing Act 1996  Section 122 (3),(5) and (6)  
Social Security Act 1998 
Section 34(1) and (2)
Section 79(4), (6) and (7) 
Section 84
  
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000  
Schedule 7, paragraph 4(4) and (6)
Schedule 7, paragraph 23(1)
  