840.The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) gives advice and assistance to the Secretary of State in connection with his duties under the “relevant enactments”. This section amends section 170 of the Social Security Act 1992 and inserts additional provisions to be treated as relevant enactments for the purposes of scrutiny by SSAC. The same applies in Northern Ireland under provisions relating to “relevant Northern Ireland enactments”.
841.Subsection (1) lists those provisions in the Act that shall now be inserted into the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and treated as “relevant enactments” for the purposes of scrutiny by SSAC.
842.Subsection (2) provides for those provisions to be replicated in Northern Ireland, and therefore treated as relevant Northern Ireland enactments for the purposes of SSAC scrutiny.
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