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These regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1984 and shall come into operation on 26th November 1984.
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(1) The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 (“the principal regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) After regulation 3(4) of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(5) In the heading to this regulation and in paragraphs (1) and (2) the word “spouse” includes husband as well as wife, except in relation to maintenance contributions for the purposes of section 44(1)(a) (short term benefit increase for dependent wife) and section 45(2)(b) (pension increase for dependent wife) where it means wife only.”.
(3) In regulation 4A(4) of the principal regulations the word “female” shall be omitted and for the word “wife” there shall be substituted the word “spouse”.
(4) In regulation 4B(1) of the principal regulations the word “female” shall be omitted.
(5) In the heading to and in paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations the word “female” shall be omitted.
(6) In regulation 10(2)(b)(ii) of the principal regulations for the word “her” there shall be substituted the word “the”.
(7) In regulation 10(2)(e) of the principal regulations the word “her” where it first occurs shall be omitted and for that word where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “the”.
(8) After sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 10(2) of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—“
(f) in the case only of an increase under section 46(2) of a Category A or Category C retirement pension, is a female.”
(9) In regulation 10(3) of the principal regulations the word “female” shall be omitted.
(10) In regulation 10(4) of the principal regulations for the words “such female person” where they first occur there shall be substituted the words “person such as is mentioned in sections 46(2) or 66(1)(d) who is female”.
(11) In regulation 11(1)—
(a) after “45(2)” there shall be inserted “45A”;
(b) the word “female” shall be omitted in each of the places where it occurs; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (a) and in sub-paragraph (b) after the word “person” in each of the places where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “having the care of a child”.
(12) In regulation 12(1) of the principal regulations the words after “adult dependants” where that expression occurs for the second time shall be omitted.
(13) Regulations 4A(2), and 15A of the principal regulations are revoked.
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Where, immediately before the coming into operation of these regulations, a man was entitled to an increase of benefit in respect of a child under any of the provisions mentioned in regulation 4A(2) of the principal regulations he shall, notwithstanding the revocation of that regulation, continue to be so entitled until such time as his entitlement ends for some other reason.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Tony Newton
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Security
30th October 1984