Explanatory note

These Regulations contain provisions relating to the treatment, for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1975 and the Family Allowances Act 1965, of a marriage celebrated under a law which permits polygamy. As these Regulations are, by virtue of paragraphs 14 of Schedule 15 and 5 of Schedule 16 to the Act of 1975, exempt from prior submission to the National Insurance Advisory Committee and the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, no reference of them has been made to that Committee or Council.

Regulation 1 relates to the citation, commencement and interpretation of these Regulations; regulation 2 lays down the general rule that a polygamous marriage shall have the same consequences as a monogamous marriage for any period during which it is in fact monogamous; regulation 3 contains special rules for retirement pension for women whose marriages are polygamous.