The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011

Amendments to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977

5.  In Schedule 2 to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977(1) (prescribed circumstances for increase of a carer’s allowance)—

(a) in paragraph 6(2), for “section 49” substitute “section 90 of the Contributions and Benefits Act(3)”; and

(b) in paragraph 7(4), for “the Act” substitute “the Contributions and Benefits Act”.

(1)

S.I. 1977/343.

(2)

Paragraph 6 has been amended but not in a way material to these Regulations.

(3)

Section 49 of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14) was repealed, along with the rest of that Act, by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), section 3 and Schedule 1. It was substantively re-enacted in respect of increases for adult dependants by section 90 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Section 90 was repealed but continued with savings by virtue of article 4 of S.I. 2000/2958. The remaining provisions of section 90 (in relation to carer’s allowance) were repealed on 6th April 2010 with savings by section 15 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24).

(4)

Paragraph 7 has been amended but not in a way material to these Regulations.