# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Diseases) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982


In regulation 2 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 (exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc.) —
(a) in paragraph (2) for the words “reduced earnings allowance” there shall be substituted the words “reduced earnings allowance, retirement allowance”;
(b) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(6) Subject to paragraph (7), the said provisions shall not operate to disqualify a person for receiving disablement benefit, other than any increase of that benefit, for any period during which he is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/425/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-and-diseases-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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