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PART IGENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 12th April 1976.

Interpretation

2.—[F1(1)  In these Regulations, “the Contributions and Benefits Act" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 .]

(2) Any reference in these regulations to any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace, it with or without modification.

(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

[F2Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act

2A.  Section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) shall not apply—

F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)to any claim for [F4carer’s allowance] made or treated as made before 9th February 1998;

(c)to an adult dependant in respect of whom a claim for an increase of [F4carer’s allowance] is made or treated as made before 5th October 1998.]

[F5(d)to an adult dependant who—

(i)is a person in respect of whom a claim for an increase of carer’s allowance is made;

(ii)is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and

(iii)has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.]

Textual Amendments