Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982

Invalidity pension

5 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

(a) a period of entitlement as between an employee and an employer of his (the " first period ") comes to an end ;

(b) the first period, or another period of entitlement as between the employee and an employer of his which came to an end while the first period was rurining, came to an end by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of this Act; and

(c) the employee has a day of incapacity for work which—

(i) is, or forms part of, a period of interruption of employment; and

(ii) falls within the period of 57 days immediately following the day on which the first period came to an end.

(2) In a case to which this paragraph applies, sections 15(1) of the principal Act (entitlement to invalidity pension) and 15(2) and 16(2) of the [1975 c. 60.] Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (entitlement to invalidity pension for, respectively, widow and widower) shall have effect, in relation to the period of interruption of employment mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c)(i) above, as if for the references to 168 days there were substituted references to 120 days.