Explanatory note

Regulation 2 of these regulations amends certain of the provisions of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975, which set out the circumstances in which the disqualification for the receipt of benefit during periods of absence from Great Britain may be removed. In the case of certain benefits, the regulation provides for the removal of the disqualification where the Secretary of State has certified that it is consistent with the proper administration of the Social Security Act 1975 that the disqualification should not apply and where certain conditions set out in the regulations of 1975 are satisfied.

Regulation 3 amends certain of the provisions of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) (No. 2) Regulations 1975 and the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975 which set out conditions relating to residence or presence in Great Britain on which entitlement to attendance allowance and mobility allowance depends. The regulation provides that one of the conditions shall be that the Secretary of State has certified that it is consistent with the proper administration of the Social Security Act 1975 that where another conditions set out in the regulations of 1975 is satisfied the person concerned should be treated as if he were present in Great Britain.

The Report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee dated 22nd July 1977 on the draft of the regulations which was referred to them is contained in Command Paper (Cmnd. 6967) published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.