Part IV E+W+S Benefits Under Social Security Act 1975
36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S
37 Invalid care allowance for women.E+W+S
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 shall have effect, and shall be treated as having had effect from 22nd December 1984, as if the following sub-paragraphs were substituted for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (increases of invalid care allowance)—
“(a)a spouse who is not engaged in any one or more employments from which the spouse’s weekly earnings exceed that amount; or
(b)some person (not being a child) who—
(i)has the care of a child or children in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit, being a child or children in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to an increase of an invalid care allowance or would be so entitled but for the provisions of any regulations for the time being in force under the Act relating to overlapping benefits;
(ii)is not undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody;
(iii)is not engaged in any one or more employments (other than employment by the beneficiary in caring for a child or children in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit) from which the person’s weekly earnings exceed that amount;
(iv)is not absent from Great Britain, except for any period during which the person is residing with the beneficiary outside Great Britain and for which the beneficiary is entitled to an invalid care allowance.”.
Textual Amendments
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Marginal Citations
38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S
39 Industrial injuries and diseases.E+W+S
Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect in relation to Chapters IV and V of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975 and associated enactments.
40—45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S