Qualifying date for entitlement to increased rate of incapacity benefit — widows
12. If, for the purposes of regulation 9, the qualifying date in relation to a person who was entitled to a widow’s allowance would have been earlier than that specified in section 30B(7), if in respect of that earlier date she had claimed short-term incapacity benefit and had satisfied the contribution conditions for that benefit specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3(1) (short-term incapacity benefit), the qualifying date in relation to her shall nevertheless be that earlier date.
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Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 is amended by Articles 3(2) and 5(2) of, and paragraph 38(2) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 with effect from 13th April 1995