Regulation 11 Amendment of section 31B(6) of the ActI1
England, Wales and Scotland
For the purposes of sections 22A(6) and 22B(4) of the Act (power to amend section 31B(6) of the Act so as to allow for disregarding the whole or part of certain pensions in determining a person’s income)f1 subsection (6)(a) of section 31B (which permits appropriate authorities to modify the Regulations so as to enable them to disregard any war disablement pension or war widow’s pension in determining a person’s income) shall be amended by adding at the end the words “or to his partner or person to whom he is polygamously married.”.
In this regulation “partner” is to be construed in accordance with section 22A(9)(a) of the Act.
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Sections 22A, 22B and 31B were inserted in the Act by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) Schedule 10 paragraphs 5 and 6; section 22B was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) Schedule 8 paragraph 9.