The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1996

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

2.—(1) The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) In these Regulations, “the Contributions and Benefits Act" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M2 .”

(3) In regulation 3(1) (prescribed payments etc)

(a) for the words “section 37 of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act";

(b) for the words “section 61 of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 104 of the Contributions and Benefits Act"; and

(c) for the words “paragraph 7(a) of Part V of Schedule 4 to the Act" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 2(a) of Part V of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(4) In regulation 5(1) (circumstances in which persons are^ to be regarded as receiving full-time education) for the words “section 37(3) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(5) In the heading to regulation 6 (severely disabled persons etc) and in that regulation for the words “section 37(1)(c) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(1)(c) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(6) In the heading to regulation 7 (manner of electing the person entitled to an invalid care allowance etc) and in that regulation for the words “section 37(7) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(7) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(7) In regulation 8 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “section 37(1)(b) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act";

(b) at the end of paragraph (2)(a) the word “and" shall be omitted; and

(c) paragraph (2)(c) shall be omitted.

(8) In regulation 9 (conditions relating to residence and presence in Great Britain)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “section 37(4) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act"; and

(b) in paragraph (2)(b) for the words “section 37ZB(3) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 72(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(9) In regulation 10 (circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to invalid care allowance etc) for the words “section 37(5) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

(10) In regulation 11 (invalid care allowance for persons over the age of 65) for the words “section 37(1)(a) or (b) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “section 70(1)(a) or (b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act".

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1976/409; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1977/342, 1981/655, 1991/2742, 1992/470, 1993/316, 1994/2556, 1995/2935 and 1996/30.

M2 1992 c.4.