Regulation 3 Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

In regulation 1A of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979^f1 (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of retirement pension), at the end of paragraph (b) add—

“(c)

to an adult dependant who—

(i)

is a person in respect of whom a claim for an increase of retirement pension is made;

(ii)

is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f2; and

(iii)

has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.”.