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The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Amendment Regulations 1991

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Amendment Regulations 1991.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 8th April 1991.

(3) These Regulations shall come into force—

(a)on the 9th April 1991, where in any particular case the weekly rate of widowed mother’s allowance is increased, or guardian’s allowance is payable (other than a case where the Secretary of State has arranged for the allowance to be payable on a Monday) in respect of one or more children;

(b)on the 10th April 1991, where in any particular case an increase in the weekly rate of disablement benefit, or invalid care allowance where that benefit is payable on a Wednesday, is increased in respect of a child or children, or where an allowance is paid in respect of a child under section 70 of the Social Security Act 1975 (children of deceased’s family);

(c)on the 11th April 1991 where in any particular case the weekly rate of sickness benefit, unemployment benefit, invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance or retirement pension of any category (where that pension is payable on a Thursday), is increased in respect of a child or children;

(d)where in any particular case the weekly rate of retirement pension is increased in respect of a child or children and that pension is payable, in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1) on a day other than Monday or Thursday, on the day in the week commencing 8th April 1991 which corresponds with the day of the week in respect of which retirement pension is payable in that case.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Overlapping Benefits Regulations” means the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979(2).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1968.

(2)

S.I. 1979/597.

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