Article 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975I1

The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)^f2—

In regulation 3(1)(ab) (general provisions relating to the crediting of contributions and earnings)^f3, omit paragraph (iii) except for the “and” immediately after it.

In regulation 4(1) (starting credits for the purposes of various benefits)^f4 and in the heading to regulation 4, omit “, a bereavement allowance”.

In regulation 7A(1) (credits for carer’s allowance)^f5, for “bereavement benefit” substitute “widowed parent’s allowance”.

In regulation 7C(1) (credits for working tax credit)^f6, omit “, a bereavement allowance”.

In regulation 8C (credits on termination of bereavement benefits)^f7, after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

In this regulation, “bereavement benefit” means—

(a)

a bereavement payment referred to in section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act as in force immediately before it was repealed by paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act 2014;

(b)

a bereavement allowance referred to in section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act as in force immediately before it was repealed by paragraph 13 of Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act 2014; and

(c)

widowed parent’s allowance.”.

In regulation 8E(3) (credits for the purposes of entitlement to retirement pension following official error)^f8, after “bereavement allowance” insert “referred to in section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act as in force immediately before it was repealed by paragraph 13 of Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act 2014”.

In regulation 8G(2) (credits for persons entitled to universal credit)^f9, omit sub-paragraph (d).

In regulation 9F (credits for persons providing care for a child under the age of 12)^f10—