Regulation 4 Amendment of the Incapacity Benefit Regulations

(1)

The Incapacity Benefit Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 21^f1 (disregard of certain pension payments)—

(a)

after “reduction for pension payments” insert “and PPF periodic payments^f2”; and

(b)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

any PPF periodic payment made to a person as a beneficiary on the death of a person entitled to such a payment;”.

(3)

In regulation 22 (date from which pension payment is to be taken into account)—

(a)

after “reduction for pension payments” insert “and PPF periodic payments”; and

(b)

after “pension payment” insert “or PPF periodic payment”.

(4)

In regulation 23 (date from which the change in the rate of pension takes effect)—

(a)

after “Where pension payments” insert “or PPF periodic payments”; and

(b)

after “pension payment” insert “or PPF periodic payment”.

(5)

In regulation 24 (pension payment made other than weekly)—

(a)

in paragraphs (1) and (2) after “pension payment” in each place where those words appear insert “or PPF periodic payment”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) after “weekly pension payments” insert “or weekly PPF periodic payments”; and

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

after “weekly pension payment” insert “or weekly PPF periodic payment”;

(ii)

after “pension payments” insert “or PPF periodic payments”; and

(iii)

after “pension payment” insert “ or PPF periodic payment”.

Annotations

f1: Regulations 21 to 24 were inserted by S.I. 2000/3120.
f2: The definition of “PPF periodic payments” was inserted into section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 by S.I. 2006/343.