# The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Amendment Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 11th April 1988, reflect changes made in the Social Security Act 1986.
Regulation 2 provides for the widow’s payment to be paid to a widow where either the widow or her late husband were abroad at the date of his death, or in a limited number of cases, where they were both abroad at that time.
Regulation 3 is consequential upon the change made by the Social Security Act 1986 in relation to the up-rating of benefits.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/435/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-amendment-regulations-1988/note
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