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

(1)

The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 16 (provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed mother’s allowance)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)^f2, for the words from “any person” to “a child falling” there shall be substituted “any person under the age of 20 residing with the widow shall be deemed to be”, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b), “a child falling” shall be omitted;

(b)

in paragraph (2), after “any child” there shall be inserted “or qualifying young person”; and

(c)

in paragraph (3), after “the child” there shall be inserted “or qualifying young person”.

(3)

In regulation 16ZA^f3 (provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed parent’s allowance)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after—

(i)

“a child” (in each place where it occurs),

(ii)

“that child”, and

(iii)

“the child” (in each place where it occurs),

there shall be inserted “or qualifying young person”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2), after “any child” there shall be inserted “or qualifying young person”.

(4)

In regulation 16A^f4 (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of widowed mother’s allowance or widowed parent’s allowance), after “child” there shall be inserted “or qualifying young person”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1979 No. 243; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1987 No. 404, S.R. 1997 No. 483, S.R. 2001 No. 148 and S.R. 2005 No. 536
f2: Sub-paragraph (a) was substituted by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1987 No. 404; see also regulation 3 as substituted by paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)
f3: Regulation 16ZA was inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 148 and amended by paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 3 to S.R. 2005 No. 536
f4: Regulation 16A was inserted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1997 No. 483 and amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2001 No. 148