8.—(1) The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 4(3)(2) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–
“(a)the date on which the person whose pension falls to be so increased first became entitled to that pension; or”.
(3) In regulation 5 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit)–
(a)in paragraph (3)–
(i)in sub-paragraph (a) the words “was not entitled to a Category B retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “had not retired”, and the words “was entitled to a Category A retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “had retired”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (c), the words “retired or had otherwise” shall be omitted; and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (d), the words “had become entitled to a Category A retirement pension or had” shall be substituted for the words “had retired or”;
(b)in paragraph (5)(i) the words “was entitled to a Category A retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “had retired from regular employment”;
(c)in paragraph (6)(i) the words “was entitled to a Category A retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “had retired from regular employment”; and
(d)in paragraph (7) the words “was not entitled to a Category A retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “had not retired”.
(4) In regulation 6 (modification of right to defer entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension) the words “(election to be treated as not having retired)” shall be omitted.
Paragraph (3) of regulation 4 was inserted by regulation 2(b) of S.I. 1979/1432; see also section 18(1) of the Social Security Act 1986.