Regulation 4 Circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to a severe disablement allowance immediately before attaining that ageF1
A person who has attained the age of 65 shall for the purposes of section 36(4)(d) of the Act be treated as having been entitled to a severe disablement allowance immediately before attaining that age if immediately before attaining it—
(a)
he would have satisfied the conditions for entitlement to that allowance or to a non-contributory invalidity pension but for the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979, or
(b)
he was entitled to a non-contributory invalidity pension.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 4 and heading substituted (28.10.1994) by The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance and Invalid Care Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2556), regs. 1, 4(3)