Amendment of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations
2. In regulation 19 of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(1) (persons formerly entitled to non-contributory invalidity pension) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) A woman who—
(a)would have been entitled to a non-contributory invalidity pension immediately before 29th November 1984 but for the requirement that she be incapable of performing normal household duties (whether or not she made a claim for that pension); and
(b)has been continuously incapable of work since that date,
shall be entitled to a severe disablement allowance, whether or not she is disabled for the purposes of section 68 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and whether or not she has attained the age referred to in subsection (4)(d) of that section, if she satisfies the other requirements for entitlement to that allowance.”.
S.R. 1984 No. 317, to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations