The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit — Increases for Dependants) Regulations 1994

Citation, commencement and interpretation E+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit — Increases for Dependents) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force as follows–

except for regulation 15(6)(b)(i) and (c)(i), on 13th April 1995;

regulation 15(6)(b)(i) and (c)(i) on 13th May 1995.

(2) In these Regulations–

“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M1 ;

“benefit week” means a period of seven days ending with the day on which the benefit is due to be paid;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“entitled to child benefit” includes treated as so entitled;

“parent” has the meaning that it bears for the purposes of Part IX of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child benefit);

“standard rate of increase” means the amount specified in column (3) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act which is appropriate in the case of the beneficiary.

(3) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires–

(a) a reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Contributions and Benefits Act which bears that number;

(b) a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations which bears that number; and

(c) a reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that regulation which bears that number.

Marginal Citations

M1 1992 c.5.