EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations are made for the purpose only of consolidating the regulations hereby revoked and, accordingly, no reference of them has been made to the National Insurance Advisory Committee.
These Regulations make provision for transitional matters connected with the coming into force of the Social Security Act 1975 and the Social Security Pensions Act 1975. They contain modifications of certain provisions of those Acts in their application to persons who, immediately before 6th April 1975, were insured under the National Insurance Act 1965; to persons who, immediately before 6th April 1979, were contributors under the Social Security Act 1975; and to persons who were entitled to, or had a prospective right to, or expectation of, benefit under those Acts. The modifications relate to entitlement to Category A and Category B retirement pensions, widowed mother's allowance, widow's pension, child's special allowance and increase of Category A and Category B retirement pensions on account of deferred retirement.