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The Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1984

S.I. 1984/1704 · Made 31 October 1984

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 31st October 1984

Laid before Parliament 5th November 1984

Coming into Operation 26th November 1984

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 39(1) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement with the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these regulations should not be referred to itf2, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

section 39(1) was amended by section 5(1) of and Schedule 1, paragraph 2 to the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18).

f2

See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal regulations
  3. 3Satisfaction of the new condition of entitlement by a person who has failed to satisfy the old
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and commencement

These regulations, which may be cited as the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1984 amend the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”) and shall come into operation on 26th November 1984.

2Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (a) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations (conditions for entitlement to a Category D retirement pension) there shall be substituted—

“(a)

was resident in Great Britain for a period of at least 10 years in any continuous period of 20 years which included the day before that on which he attained the age of 80 or any day thereafter; and”

3Satisfaction of the new condition of entitlement by a person who has failed to satisfy the old

A person's failure to satisfy the old condition of entitlement contained in regulation 10(a) of the principal regulations as made, shall not prevent his becoming entitled hereafter by satisfying the new condition which is substituted by these regulations.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Tony Newton

Minister of State

Department of Health and Social Security

31st October 1984

Explanatory note

These regulations amend regulation 10 of the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (conditions for entitlement to a Category D retirement pension) by substituting for paragraph (a) a requirement that to be entitled to Category D retirement pension a person must have resided in Great Britain for an aggregate period of at least 10 years in any continuous period of 20 years which includes the day before he attains the age of 80 or any day thereafter. Persons who failed to satisfy the former regulation 10(a) may satisfy the new condition from 26th November 1984.