The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

26.  Regulation 4 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (days to be treated as days of increment)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(e), omit “or” after paragraph (iii) and after paragraph (iv) insert—

“or

(v) universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b)(ii), omit “contribution-based”; and

(c) for paragraph (5), substitute—

“(5) In this regulation—

(a) in paragraph (1), “couple” has the meaning—

(i) apart from in relation to universal credit, given by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (interpretation of Part VII and supplementary provisions);

(ii) in relation to universal credit, given by section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (couples);

(b) in paragraph (2), “jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as that Act has effect apart from those provisions; and

(c) “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”.

(1)

S.I. 1979/642. Regulation 4(1)(e) was inserted by S.I. 2011/634, regulation 4(2)(b) was amended by S.I. 1996/1345 and regulation 4(5) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1345.