# The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013, 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 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/630/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-consequential-supplementary-incidental-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2013/regulation-20
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