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The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance and Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

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Amendment of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act

2.—(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation.

(2) In section 68 (entitlement to and rate of severe disablement allowance)—

(a)in subsection (4)(d) for “pensionable age” there shall be substituted “the age of 65”;

(b)in subsection (11)(a)(i) for “retiring age” there shall be substituted “the age of 65”; and

(c)in subsection (13) the words ““retiring age” means 70 in the case of a man and 65 in the case of a woman,” shall be omitted.

(3) In section 70 (invalid care allowance)—

(a)in subsection (5) for “pensionable age” there shall be substituted “the age of 65”;

(b)in subsection (6) for “retiring age” there shall be substituted “the age of 65”; and

(c)subsection (10) shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6 (assessment of extent of disablement) at the end there shall be omitted the words “, if a woman, or 70, if a man”.

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