# The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023, 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 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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1218/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carers-assistance-carer-support-payment-scotland-regulations-2023-consequential-amendments-order-2023/article-4
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