# The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975, Regulation 7A: Credits for carer’s allowance or carer support payment


(1) For the purposes of entitlement to any benefit by virtue of a person`s earnings or contributions he shall, subject to paragraph (2), be entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force, in respect of each week for any part of which a carer’s allowance or carer support payment is paid to him, or would be paid to him but for a restriction under section 6B or 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions) or in the case of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner, would have been so payable but for regulation 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, widowed parent’s allowance or benefit by virtue of section 39(4) corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance or a widow's pension.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply—
(a) to a person in respect of any week where he is entitled to be credited with earnings under regulation 8A or 8B in respect of the same week; or
(b) to a woman in respect of any week in any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made by her under regulations made under section 3(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 had effect.
(3) In this regulation “carer support payment” means the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/556/regulation/7A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975/regulation-7A
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