Regulation 20 Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974

(1)

The Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)^f2—

(a)

omit the definition of “contributory employment and support allowance”; and

(b)

after the definition of “the determining authority”, insert—

““employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;”.

(3)

In the title of regulation 3 (modifications in relation to widows, of provisions with respect to unemployment and short-term incapacity benefit, contributory employment and support allowance, maternity allowance and Category A retirement pension) and in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (5)(a) and (b) of that regulation, omit “contributory” in all places where it occurs.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1974/2010.
f2: Regulation 1(2) was amended by S.I. 1984/458 and 2008/1544.