Regulation 4 Benefit in respect of events or for periods commencing before 6th April 1975

Where, on or after 6th April 1975, a person claims, in respect of an event falling or for a period commencing before 6th April 1975, benefit under the former principal Act of a description specified in Column (1) of Schedule 1 to these regulations, the claim shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 5, be determined as respects such event or for such period as if the provisions of the former principal Act and the enactments specified in the third column of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 covering entitlement to such benefit had continued in force in place of the provisions of the Act and the Pensions Act covering entitlement to benefit of a corresponding description.