# The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit — Increases for Dependants) Regulations 1994, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit — Increases for Dependents) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force as follows–
except for regulation 15(6)(b)(i) and (c)(i), on 13th April 1995;
regulation 15(6)(b)(i) and (c)(i) on 13th May 1995.
(2) In these Regulations–
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ;
“benefit week” means a period of seven days ending with the day on which the benefit is due to be paid;
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“entitled to child benefit” includes treated as so entitled;
“parent” has the meaning that it bears for the purposes of Part IX of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child benefit);
“standard rate of increase” means the amount specified in column (3) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act which is appropriate in the case of the beneficiary.
(3) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires–
(a) a reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Contributions and Benefits Act which bears that number;
(b) a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations which bears that number; and
(c) a reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that regulation which bears that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2945/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-benefit-increases-for-dependants-regulations-1994/regulation-1
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