Regulation 4 Amendment of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976

The Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In regulation 1(2) (definitions) at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

• ““widowed parent’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;”.

In regulation 2(5)(a)(ii) (which concerns “specified benefits” qualifying for the weekly rate of child benefit) after “widowed mother’s allowance” where those words first occur, insert “, widowed parent’s allowance”.