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The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part I GENERAL

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. Part II CLAIMS

    1. 3.Claims not required in certain cases

    2. 4.Manner in which claims are to be made

    3. 5.Supply of claim forms

    4. 6.Claims not on appropriate forms

    5. 7.Information to be given when making a claim for benefit

    6. 8.Amendment of claim forms

    7. 9.Interchange with claims for other benefits

    8. 10.Special provision where it is certified that a woman is expected to be confined or where she has been confined

    9. 10A.Self-certified claims for first 7 days of a spell of incapacity for work

    10. 11.Forward allowances and disallowances of sickness, invalidity and injury benefit and non-contributory invalidity pension

    11. 12.Forward allowance and disallowance of unemployment benefit

    12. 13.Special provisions relating to claims for unemployment benefit made during periods connected with public holidays

    13. 14.Time for claiming benefit

  4. PART III PAYMENTS

    1. 15.Time and manner of payment of certain benefits and of an increase of disablement pension

    2. 16.Time and manner of payment of certain pensions and allowances

    3. 16A.Payment of certain benefits by direct credit transfer

    4. 17.Special provisions relating to payment of constant attendance allowance for persons out of hospital for short periods

    5. 18.Special provision relating to payment of attendance' allowance for persons out of hospital for periods not expected to exceed 13 weeks

    6. 19.Time and manner of payment of age addition

    7. 20.Time and manner of payments of industrial injuries gratuities

    8. 21.Time of payment 01 Category C or D retirement pensions etc. to those in receipt of supplementary benefit

    9. 22.Extinguishment of right to sums payable by way of benefit which are not obtained within the prescribed time

    10. 23.Information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit

  5. Part IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT ONLY

    1. 24.Notice of accidents

    2. 25.Obligations of employers

    3. 26.Obligations of claimants for, and beneficiaries in receipt of...disablement benefit

    4. 27.Withdrawal of claims for disablement benefit

  6. Part V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    1. 28.Persons unable to act

    2. 29.Payments on death

    3. 30.Payment of benefit to third party

    4. 31.Breach of regulations

    5. 32.Revocations

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SHOWING PRESCRIBED TIMES FOR CLAIMING BENEFIT AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR BENEFIT ARISING BY REASON OF LATE CLAIMS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONTAINING MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INJURY BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, SICKNESS BENEFIT, INVALIDITY BENEFIT, NON-CONTRIBUTORY INVALIDITY PENSION, MATERNITY ALLOWANCE AND RETIREMENT PENSIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS WHICH VARY THE PRESCRIBED TIMES UNDER SCHEDULE 1

      1. ...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      BENEFIT CLAIMED AND BENEFIT FOR WHICH THE CLAIM MAY BE TREATED AS A CLAIM IN THE ALTERNATIVE

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PARTICULARS TO BE GIVEN OF ACCIDENTS

      1.   (1) Full name, address and occupation of injured person;...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

  9. Explanatory Note

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