Article 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

(1)

The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4(1)(b) (days to be treated as days of increment)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (iv), for “and” substitute “or”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (iv) insert—

“(v)

carer support payment under the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023; and”.

(3)

In regulation 17 (provisions relating to age addition for persons not in receipt of a retirement pension), after paragraph (1)(g) insert—

“(ga)

the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1979/642; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2742, 2002/2497, 2006/516 and 2011/634.