# The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Regulation 22A: ... Widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance and widow’s pension

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), ... widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance and widow’s pension shall be paid fortnightly in arrears on the day of the week specified in paragraph (3).
(2) The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that a benefit specified in paragraph (1) be paid on any other day of the week.
(3) The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number—
(1)
(2)
00 to 19
Monday
20 to 39
Tuesday
40 to 59
Wednesday
60 to 79
Thursday
80 to 99
Friday.
(4) The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that the beneficiary be paid weekly in advance or in arrears or, where the beneficiary agrees to be paid in such manner, at intervals of four or 13 weeks in arrears.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/22A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-22A
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