The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 2A. Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act

3. PART 1A CONTRIBUTION CONDITIONS : SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

   1. 2B. Relaxation of the first contribution condition in certain cases

4. PART II Entitlement to incapacity benefit: Supplementary provisions

   1. 3. Definition of “training for work” for the purposes of section 30C(6) of the Contributions and Benefits Act

   2. 4. Days not to be treated as days of incapacity for work

   3. 4A. Days to be treated as days of incapacity for work

   4. 5. Night workers

   5. 5A. Calculating periods of incapacity for work for welfare to work beneficiaries

   6. 6. Calculating periods of incapacity for work for persons receiving certain regular treatment

   7. 7. Days of statutory sick pay to be included in days of entitlement to incapacity benefit

   8. 7A. Effect of statutory maternity pay on incapacity benefit

   9. 7B. Effect of statutory adoption pay on incapacity benefit

   10. 7C. Inclusion of days of sickness absence from duty before discharge from Her Majesty’s forces in calculating days of entitlement to incapacity benefit

   11. 8. Limit of earnings from councillor’s allowance

   12. 9. Councillor’s allowance paid otherwise than weekly

5. PART III Rate of incapacity benefit

   1. 10. Increase in rate of incapacity benefit where beneficiary is under prescribed age on the qualifying date

   2. 11. Qualifying date for entitlement to increased rate of incapacity benefit — previous entitlement to statutory sick pay

   3. 12. Qualifying date for entitlement to increased rate of incapacity benefit — members of the armed forces

   4. 13. Qualifying date for entitlement to increased rate of incapacity benefit — widows

6. PART IV ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR PERSONS INCAPACITATED IN YOUTH

   1. 14. General

   2. 15. Age Exception—Persons aged 20 and under 25

   3. 16. Conditions relating to residence or presence

   4. 17. Circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as receiving full-time education

   5. 18. Circumstances in which a previous claimant who does not satisfy the age condition becomes entitled

   6. 19. Persons formerly entitled to severe disablement allowance

7. PART V REDUCTION OR ABATEMENT OF INCAPACITY BENEFIT FOR OCCUPATIONAL OR OTHER PENSION PAYMENTS

   1. 20. Permanent health insurance

   2. 20A. Financial assistance scheme

   3. 21. Disregard of certain pension payments

   4. 22. Date from which pension payment is to be taken into account

   5. 23. Date from which the change in the rate of pension takes effect

   6. 24. Pension payment made other than weekly

   7. 25. Priority of deductions of pension payments taken as payable for the purposes of reduction of incapacity benefit

   8. 26. Person whose benefit is not to be reduced under section 30DD(1)

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note