Regulation 7 Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

After regulation 3 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 M1 (provisions applying after election) there shall be inserted–

“ Calculating periods of incapacity for work for welfare to work beneficiaries entitled to an increase of long-term incapacity benefit

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Section 47(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M2 (increase of Category A retirement pension for long-term incapacity) shall have effect, in any case where a person is treated in accordance with regulation 13A of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 as a welfare to work beneficiary, as if for the reference to 8 weeks there were substituted a reference to 52 weeks.”.