Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations

(1)

Regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 (weekly rates of child benefit)^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (2)–

(a)

for the words “paragraph (2A)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2A) and (4)”;

(b)

the words “, subject to the conditions mentioned in paragraph (4) of this regulation,” shall be omitted.

(3)

For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

“(a)

an allowance or an increase of a benefit, pension or allowance which for the purpose of paragraph (5) of this regulation is a “specified benefit”, is paid to a person in respect of any week for or in respect of the only, elder or eldest child in respect of whom that person is entitled to child benefit for that week, then paragraph (2) of this regulation shall not apply; and”.

(4)

In paragraph (5)(a)(i) the words “, guardian’s allowance under section 38”^f2 shall be omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1976/1267; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1977/1328, 1980/110 and 1991/502.
f2: Section 38 of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 61) was repealed by section 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6) and replaced by section 77 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).