# The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Amendment Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 6th April 1988, amend the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1978. They enable a person who is unable to work because he is engaged in caring for a disabled person at home to count towards satisfaction of the second contribution condition for a retirement pension any year in which the disabled person receives certain benefits for a minimum of 48 weeks in the year. The Regulations also replace references to supplementary benefit with references to the equivalent income support provisions. The Regulations apply in relation to tax years beginning on or after 6th April 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/623/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-and-miscellaneous-amendments-amendment-regulations-1988/note
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