# The Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979, Regulation 3A: Calculating periods of incapacity for work for welfare to work beneficiaries entitled to an increase of long-term incapacity benefit


Section 47(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (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 104 weeks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/642/regulation/3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-regulations-1979/regulation-3A
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