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The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

    2. 2.Provisions as to maintenance for the purposes of increase of benefit in respect of dependants

    3. 3.Allocation of contributions for wife or children

    4. 4.Deeming benefit under the Act abated under section 12(2) of the Supplementary Benefit Act 1976 to be a contribution for the maintenance of children or adult dependants

  3. PART II CHILD DEPENDANTS

    1. 5.Contribution towards cost of providing for child

    2. 6.Circumstances in which a person who is not entitled to child benefit is to be treated as if he were so entitled

    3. 7.Circumstances in which a person entitled to child benefit is to be treated as if he were not so entitled

  4. PART III ADULT DEPENDANTS

    1. 8.Increase of benefit in respect of wife and computation of earnings

    2. 9.Increase of benefit for dependent relatives and further conditions applicable

    3. 10.Increase of benefit for female person having care of child

    4. 11.Contribution to maintenance of adult dependant

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 12.Prescribed circumstances for purposes of section 49

    2. 13.Increase of unemployment benefit, sickness benefit and invalidity pension for persons over pensionable age

    3. 14.Increase of maternity allowance where contribution conditions are not satisfied in full

  6. PART V TRANSITIONAL PROVISION AND REVOCATIONS

    1. 15.Preservation of entitlement to benefit in payment before 4th April 1977 for a child dependant

    2. 16.Revocations

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PRESCRIBED RELATIONSHIPS

      1. Lineal descendant or ascendant in a direct line; and stepfather...

      2. and (c) where the beneficiary is a man, the father...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      PRESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES FOR INCREASE OF AN INVALID CARE ALLOWANCE

      1. PART I

        1. Increase of invalid care allowance for child dependants

          1. 1.For the purposes of increases of invalid care allowance for...

          2. 2.The weekly rate of an invalid care allowance for any...

          3. 3.Where a person is entitled to receive payment of an...

          4. 4.The condition specified in paragraph 3(b) above is to be...

          5. 5.Any sum or sums paid by a person by way...

      2. PART II

        1. Increase of invalid care allowance for adult dependants

          1. 6.For the purposes of increases of invalid care allowance for...

          2. 7.The weekly rate of an invalid care allowance shall be...

          3. 8.A person who is entitled to an increase of an...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

  9. Explanatory Note

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