The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984

PART IIICONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS

Consequential amendment of regulations

11.  For the words “non-contributory invalidity pension” wherever they occur in any provision mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the words “severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984

12.  In regulation 82(1)(b) of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984 for the words “or non-contributory invalidity pension” there shall be substituted the words “non-contributory invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975

13.  In regulation 2 of the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975(1) (unemployment, sickness and invalidity benefit) for the shoulder note and the words in that regulation down to and including “non-contributory invalidity benefit” there shall be substituted the following shoulder note and words:—

“Unemployment, sickness and invalidity benefit and severe disablement allowance

2.  A person shall not be entitled to unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or a severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Airmen's Benefit) Regulations 1975

14.  In regulation 2 of the Social Security (Airmen's Benefit) Regulations 1975(2) (removal of disqualification in the case of airmen for receiving benefit while absent from Great Britain) for the words “invalidity benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension” where they occur in paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the words “invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975

15.—(1) The Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975(3) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (removal of disqualification for receiving benefit by reason of absence from Great Britain)—

(a)in paragraph (a) for the words “sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension” there shall be substituted the words “sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance”;

(b)in paragraph (b) for the words “unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension”, there shall be substituted the words “unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance” .

(3) In regulation 5 (evidence of unemployment or incapacity) for the words “unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension”, there shall be substituted the words “unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance”.

(4) In regulation 6(2) (special provisions relating to days of incapacity for work) for the words “sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension” there shall be substituted the words “sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975

16.  In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975(4) (modification of the Act in relation to various benefits) for the shoulder note and the words in that regulation down to and including “non-contributory invalidity pension”, there shall be substituted the following shoulder note and words:—

“Modification of the Act in relation to sickness benefit, invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance, unemployability supplement and maternity allowance

2.—(1) A person shall not be disqualified for receiving sickness benefit, invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979

17.  In regulation 9 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979, after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:—

“(6) A claim for a non-contributory invalidity pension may be treated also as a claim for a severe disablement allowance.

(7) A claim for a severe disablement allowance may be treated also as a claim for a non-contributory invalidity pension.”