Regulation 7A Credits for carer’s allowance or carer support paymentF1F16F17

For the purposes of entitlement to any benefit F2by virtue of a person`s earnings or contributions he shall, subject to paragraph (2), be entitled to F3be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force, in respect of each week for any part of which F4a carer’s allowance F5or carer support payment is paid to him, F6or would be paid to him but for a restriction under section F76B or 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions) or in the case of a F8widow, widower or surviving civil partner, would have been so payable but for F9regulation 16 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 or the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1975, as amended by the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976, requiring adjustment of a carer’s allowance or carer support payment against widow's benefit, F10widowed parent’s allowance or benefit by virtue of section 39(4) corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance or a widow's pension.

Paragraph (1) shall not apply—

In this regulation “carer support payment” means F15the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.