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Explanatory note

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general purport.)

These regulations contain provisions relating to invalid care allowance under section 37 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.

Part I of the regulations relates to their citation, commencement and interpretation; Part II contains miscellaneous provisions relating to the allowance and applies to the allowance the provisions of the Social Security (General Benefit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1975 set out in Schedule 1 to the regulations; and Part III; together with Schedule 2 to the regulations, relates to consequential amendments of other social security regulations. The regulations contain an “Arrangement of Regulations” (see pages 1 and 2).