Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

Regulation 4 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (days to be treated as days of increment)^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1)(b)(iii) for “and” substitute “or”.

After paragraph (1)(b)(iii) insert—

“(iv)

state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f2; and”.

At the end of paragraph (1)(d)(ii) insert—

“; and

(e)

in the case of a person who was a member of a couple, the other member of the couple was not in receipt of—

(i)

income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f3;

(ii)

income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f4;

(iii)

state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002; or

(iv)

income-related employment and support allowance under section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f5.”.

After paragraph (4) insert—

“(5)

In paragraph (1), “couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f6.”.

This regulation applies only in respect of a day falling on or after 6th April 2011.