Commentary on provisions of Act Section 10: Benefit cap regulations and the Social Security Advisory Committee
This section provides that sections 96 and 97 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 are included within the definition of "relevant enactments" in section 170 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ("the Act"). The section also amends Schedule 7 to the Act with the effect that regulations made pursuant to those sections are required to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee for consideration pursuant to section 172 of the Act, with the exception of section 96A. This is because the amendment to Schedule 7 of the Act provides that the requirement does not apply to regulations made under section 96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.