The Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002

Citation and commencement E+W+S

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—

(a) except for the purposes of regulation 3, on 28th October 2002; and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 3, on 1st April 2003.

Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 E+W+S

2.—(1) The following provisions of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 M1 are hereby revoked—

(a) regulation 10 (circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to invalid care allowance immediately before attaining that age); and

(b) regulation 11 (invalid care allowance for persons over the age of 65).

(2) In regulation 10A(c) of those Regulations (women aged 65 before 28th October 1994) the words “and (5)” shall be omitted.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1976/409. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/2556 and S.I. 1996/2744. Regulation 10A was inserted by S.I. 1994/2556.

Amendments consequential upon change of name of benefit E+W+S

3.  Schedule 2 to these Regulations (which substitutes references to carer’s allowance and makes related provision for references to invalid care allowance) shall have effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Ian McCartney

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions