
PART I
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These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Invalid
Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 12th April
1976.
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(1)  In these Regulations, “the Contributions and Benefits Act" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 .
(2) Any reference in these regulations to
any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except
in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to
that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as
including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace, it with
or without modification.
(3) The rules for the construction of Acts
of Parliament contained in the 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2A 
Section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) shall not apply—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) to any claim for carer’s allowance made or treated as made before 9th February 1998;
(c) to an adult dependant in respect of whom a claim for an increase of carer’s allowance is made or treated as made before 5th October 1998.
(d) to an adult dependant who—
(i) is a person in respect of whom a claim for an increase of carer’s allowance is made;
(ii) is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and
(iii) has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.
PART II
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(1) For the purposes of 
 section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act  (carer’s allowance)
the prescribed payments out of public funds which constitute the persons in
respect of whom they are payable as severely disabled persons are—
(a) a payment under 
 section 104 of the Contributions and Benefits Act  (increase of disablement
pension where constant attendance needed);
(b) a payment such as is referred to in section 7(3)(b) of
the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975
 (increase of an allowance under that Act where
the person in respect of whom that allowance is payable requires constant
attendance as a result of his disablement);
(c) a payment under 
regulation 44 of the Social Security
(Industrial Injuries) (Benefit) Regulations 1975 in respect of the need of constant attendance;

(d) a payment by way of an allowance in respect
of constant attendance on account of disablement for which a person is in
receipt of a war disablement pension,being a payment the weekly rate of which is not less than the amount
specified in  paragraph 2(a) of Part V of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act.
(2) For the purposes of 
paragraph (1)(d) of this regulation “war disablement pension” means — 
(a) retired pay, pension
or allowance granted in respect of disablement under powers conferred by or
under the Ministry of Pensions
Act 1916 the 
Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917, the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions)
Act 1939, the 
Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939,
the Polish Resettlement Act
1947, the 
Home Guard Act 1951 or the 
Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969;

(b) any retired pay or pension to
which section 365(1)
of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970
applies, not being retired pay, pension or allowance to which 
sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph applies;
or

(c) any payment which the Secretary
of State has certified can be accepted as being analogous to any such retired
pay, pension or allowance as is referred to in 
sub-paragraph (a) or (b)
of this paragraph.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (1A) of this regulation, a person shall be treated as engaged
and as regularly and substantially engaged in caring for a severely disabled
person on every day in a week if, and shall not be treated as engaged or regularly
and substantially engaged in caring for a severely disabled person on any
day in a week unless, as at that week he is, or is likely to be, engaged and
regularly engaged for at least 35 hours a week in caring for that severely
disabled person.
(1A) A person who is caring for two or more severely disabled persons in a week shall be treated as engaged and regularly and substantially engaged in caring for a severely disabled person only where he is engaged and regularly engaged for at least 35 hours in that week in caring for any one severely disabled person, considered without reference to any other severely disabled person for whom he is caring.
(2) A week in respect of which a person fails
to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1)
 of this regulation shall be treated as a week
in respect of which that person satisfies those requirements if he establishes—

(a) that he has only temporarily ceased to
satisfy them;  and
(b) that (disregarding the provisions of
this sub-paragraph) he has satisfied them for at least 14 weeks in the period
of 26 weeks ending with that week and would have satisfied them for at least
22 weeks in that period but for the fact that either he or the severely disabled
person for whom he has been caring was undergoing medical or other treatment
as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution.
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(1) For the purposes of  section 70(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, a person shall be treated as receiving full-time education for any period during which he attends a course of education at a university, college, school or other educational establishment for twenty-one hours or more a week.
(2) In calculating the hours of attendance under paragraph (1) of this regulation–
(a) there shall be included the time spent receiving instruction or tuition, undertaking supervised study, examination or practical work or taking part in any exercise, experiment or project for which provision is made in the curriculum of the course; and
(b) there shall be excluded any time occupied by meal breaks or spent on unsuper-vised study, whether undertaken on or off the premises of the educational establishment.
(3) In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (1) of this regulation, a person who has started on a course of education shall be treated as attending it for the usual number of hours per week throughout any vacation or any temporary interruption of his attendance until the end of the course or such earlier date as he abandons it or is dismissed from it.
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For the purposes of  section 70(1)(c) of the Contributions and Benefits Act  (condition of entitlement to  a carer’s allowance  that the severely disabled person is either such relative of the person caring for him as may be prescribed or a person of any such other description as may be prescribed) where a severely disabled person is being cared for by another person, that disabled person shall be a prescribed person for the purposes of that section, whether he is related to the person caring for him or not.
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(1) For the purposes of the provision in 
 section 70(7ZA)  of the Contributions and Benefits Act which provides that
where, apart from that section, two or more persons would  have a relevant entitlement for the same day   in respect of the same severely
disabled person one of them only  shall have that entitlement, being such one of them
as they may jointly elect in the prescribed manner, an election shall be made
by giving the Secretary of State a notice in writing signed by the persons
who but for the said provision would  have a relevant entitlement  
in respect of the same severely disabled person specifying one of them as
the person  to have that entitlement.
(1A) For the purposes of section 70(7ZC) of the Contributions and Benefits Act which provides that where, apart from that section, one person (A) would have an entitlement mentioned in subsection (7ZB) and another person (B) would have an entitlement to carer’s allowance for the same day in respect of the same severely disabled person, A and B may jointly elect in the prescribed manner which of them shall have such entitlement, an election shall be made by giving the Scottish Ministers a notice in writing signed by both A and B specifying that B shall have entitlement to carer’s allowance and A shall not have an entitlement mentioned in subsection (7ZB).
(1B) For the purposes of section 70(7ZE) of the Contributions and Benefits Act which provides that where, apart from that section, one person (A) has, or would have an entitlement to universal credit carer element and another person (B) would have an entitlement to carer’s allowance for the same day in respect of the same severely disabled person, A and B may jointly elect in the prescribed manner which of them shall have such entitlement, an election shall be made by giving the Scottish Ministers a notice in writing signed by both A and B specifying that B shall have an entitlement to carer’s allowance and A shall not have entitlement to universal credit carer element.
(1C) For the purposes of section 70(7ZB) and (7ZC) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, which provides that where, apart from those subsections, one person (A) would have an entitlement mentioned in subsection (7ZB) and another person (B) would have a relevant entitlement for the same day in respect of the same severely disabled person, persons A and B may jointly elect in the prescribed manner that B shall have the relevant entitlement and that A shall not have an entitlement mentioned in subsection (7ZB), an election shall be made by giving the Secretary of State a notice in writing signed by both A and B specifying that B shall have the relevant entitlement and A shall not have an entitlement mentioned in subsection (7ZB).
(2) An election under 
   paragraphs (1), (1A) or (1B)paragraph (1) or (1C  of this regulation shall not
be effective to confer  a relevant entitlement   either for the
day on which the election is made or for any earlier day if such day is one
for which   a carer’s allowance  , carer support payment   or the carer element of universal credit   has been paid in respect of the severely
disabled person in question and has not been repaid or recovered.
(3) In paragraph (2) “the carer element of universal credit” means an amount included in an award of universal credit in respect of the fact that a person has regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person.
(4) In paragraph (2), “carer support payment” means a payment made under the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.
(5) In paragraph (2), “carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.
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(1) For the purposes of 
 section 70(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act  (condition of a
person being entitled to  a carer’s allowance  for any day that he is
not gainfully employed) a person shall not be treated as gainfully employed
on any day in a week unless his earnings in the immediately preceding week
have exceeded     £196 and, subject to paragraph
(2) of this regulation, shall be treated as
gainfully employed on every day in a week if his earnings in the immediately
preceding week have exceeded    £196.
(2) There shall be disregarded for the purposes
of paragraph (1)
above a person's earnings—
(a) for any week which under 
paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of these regulations
is treated as a week in which that person satisfies the requirements of 
paragraph (1) of that regulation; ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The 
Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1974, as amended, except regulations 5 to 7 thereof, shall
apply in relation to invalid care allowance as they apply in relation to invalidity
pension.
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(1) Subject to the following provisions of
this regulation and regulations  9A, 9B  , 9C, 9D and 9E, the prescribed conditions for the purposes of 
 section 70(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act  (person not to be
entitled to  a carer’s allowance  unless he satisfies prescribed conditions
as to residence or presence in Great Britain) in relation to any person in
respect of any day shall be—
(a) that he is  habitually  resident in  the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; and
(ia) he is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or section 115 of that Act does not apply to him for the purposes of entitlement to  a carer’s allowance  by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000, and
(b) that he is present in  the relevant place;
and
(c) that he has been present in Great Britain
for a period of, or periods amounting in the aggregate to, not less than  104 
weeks in the  156 weeks  immediately preceding that day.
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(1B) For the purposes of this regulation, “the relevant place” is—
(a) if the person is entitled to a carer’s allowance in accordance with article 4 of the Regulatory Reform (Carer’s Allowance) Order 2002 (transitional provision), Great Britain;
(b) otherwise, England and Wales.
(1C) In this regulation, “the relevant area” means—
(a) for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and (c), Great Britain;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the relevant place.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) and (c) of this
regulation, a person who is absent from Great Britain on any day shall be
treated as being present in  the relevant area—
(a) if his absence is, and when it began
was, for a temporary purpose and has not lasted for a continuous period exceeding
4 weeks; or
(b) if his absence is temporary and for the specific purpose of caring for the severely disabled person who is also absent from Great Britain and where any of the following is payable in respect of that disabled person for that day—
(i) attendance allowance;
(ia) pension age disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024;
(ii) the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(iia) the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 6(4) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;
(iia) the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 6(4)(a) or (b) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;
(iii) the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate prescribed in accordance with section 78(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; ...
(iiia) armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011; ...
(iv) a payment specified in regulation 3(1) of these Regulations;
(iva) the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021; or
(ivb) the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022.
(v) the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021, ...
(vi) the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022or,
(vii) pension age disability payment in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024
(3) Notwithstanding that on any day a person is absent from Great Britain, he shall be treated as though he were—
(a) habitually resident and present in  the relevant area  for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) if—(i) his absence is by reason only of the fact that on that day he is abroad in his capacity as a serving member of the forces and for this purpose “serving member of the forces” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (“the 2001 Regulations”); or(ii) he is living with a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and is the spouse, civil partner, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, father, father-in-law, step-father, mother, mother-in-law or step-mother of that person; and
(b) present in   the relevant area   for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) and (c) if his absence is by reason only of the fact that on that day he is—(i) abroad in his capacity as an airman within the meaning of regulation 111 of the 2001 Regulations or a mariner within the meaning of regulation 115 of those Regulations; or(ii) in prescribed employment in connection with continental shelf operations within the meaning of regulation 114(1) of those Regulations.
(4) Where a person is required for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) to be present in England and Wales, even though the person is absent from England and Wales on any day, the person is to be treated as though present in England and Wales on that day if—
(a) the person is in Scotland, and
(b) the person’s absence—
(i) is, and when it began was, for a temporary purpose and has not lasted for a continuous period exceeding 4 weeks, or
(ii) is temporary and for the specific purpose of caring for the severely disabled person who is also absent from England and Wales and where any of the benefits or payments mentioned in, or prescribed for the purposes of, section 70(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act is payable in respect of that disabled person for that day.
9A. 

(1) Regulation 9(1)(c) shall not apply where on any day—
(a) the person is habitually resident in Great Britain;
(b) a relevant EU Regulation applies; and
(c) the person can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom ....
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) and regulation 9B, “relevant EU Regulation” has the meaning given by section 84(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
9B. 
Regulation 9(1)(a) to (c) shall not apply where on any day—
(a) the person is habitually resident in—
(i) an EEA state...; or
(ii) Switzerland;
(b) a relevant EU Regulation applies; and
(c) the person can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom ....
9C. 

(1) Regulation 9(1)(c) shall not apply where the person has—
(a) been granted refugee status or humanitarian protection under the immigration rules; ...
(b) leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a person granted refugee status or humanitarian protection under the immigration rules.
(c) leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under the immigration rules by virtue of—
(i) the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, or
(ii) the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme),
(d) been granted discretionary leave outside the immigration rules as a dependant of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (c), ...
(e) leave granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; ...
(f) leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under or outside the immigration rules , a righta right  of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971  or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act,, or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act  where the person—
(i) was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1st January 2022; and
(ii) left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24th February 2022; ...
(g) leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under or outside the immigration rules, a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act, where the person—
(i) was residing in Sudan before 15th April 2023; and
(ii) left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan, or
(h) leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under or outside the immigration rules, a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act, where the person—
(i) was residing in Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon immediately before 7 October 2023, and
(ii) left Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon in connection with the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on 7 October 2023 or the violence which rapidly escalated in the region following the attack.;
(i) met conditions A to D.
 Condition AThe person was residing in a country or territory outside Great Britain immediately before His Majesty’s Government—
(a) provided public information to advise British nationals to leave that country or territory, or
(b) arranged the evacuation of British nationals from that country or territory.
 Condition BThe person has left that country or territory.
 Condition CThe person arrived in Great Britain in the first 26 weeks beginning on the day on which the public information is issued, or the evacuation is started.
 Condition DThe person—
(a) has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971,
(b) does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act,
(c) has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act, or
(d) has leave on a discretionary basis outside of rules made under section 3(2) of that Act; or
(j) as part of a safe and legal humanitarian immigration route, leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 or leave on a discretionary basis outside of rules.
(1A) Regulation 9(1)(a) shall not apply where  any sub-paragraph in paragraph (1) applies to the person.
(1B) Where paragraph (1)(i) of this regulation applies, it will apply for 130 weeks beginning on the day on which the public information is issued, or the evacuation is started.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “immigration rules” means the rules laid before Parliament under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) “immigration rules” means the rules laid before Parliament under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971,
(b) “the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme” means the scheme announced by the United Kingdom Government on 18 August 2021.
9D 

(1) This regulation applies where a person entitled to a carer’s allowance becomes permanently resident in Scotland on or after 6th November 2025.
(2) If, on the day before the residence change date, a person—
(a) is entitled to a carer’s allowance other than under article 4 of the Regulatory Reform (Carer’s Allowance) Order 2002, and
(b) satisfies the condition in paragraph (3),
that person is, insofar as they are not present in England and Wales on or after the residence change date, to be treated as present in England and Wales for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(b) for the duration of the run-on period.
(3) The condition referred to in paragraph (2) is that, where the person is entitled to a carer’s allowance under section 70(1A) of the Contributions and Benefits Act on the day before the residence change date, the period specified in paragraph (b) of section 70(1A) is still running on the residence change date.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 9E—
(a) “residence change date”, in relation to a person, means the date on which the person becomes permanently resident in Scotland (whether or not the Secretary of State is notified of the move and whether or not any such notification takes place before or after the person moves to Scotland);
(b) “run-on period”, in relation to a person, is the period—
(i) beginning with the residence change date, and
(ii) ending—(aa) where the severely disabled person dies before the residence change date, at the end of the period of eight weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death of the severely disabled person (or beginning with the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday),(bb) where the severely disabled person dies within the relevant period, at the end of the period of eight weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death of the severely disabled person (or beginning with the date of death if the death occurred on Sunday), or(cc) in any other case, at the end of the day preceding the first pay day following the end of the relevant period (irrespective of whether or not the person’s carer’s allowance is payable in that particular week);
(c) “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b)(ii)—
(a) “the relevant period” means the period of 13 weeks beginning with the residence change date;
(b) “pay day” means the day of the week on which the person’s carer’s allowance is payable in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987.
9E 

(1) Where a person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must comply with the requirement in paragraph (5).
(2) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) are, subject to paragraph (4), that the person—
(a) has an ongoing claim for a carer’s allowance on the residence change date,
(b) becomes permanently resident in Scotland on or after 6th November 2025, and
(c) is, or in accordance with regulation 9 is treated for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(b) as being, present in England and Wales—
(i) on the day on which the person makes the claim, and
(ii) on the day before the residence change date.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a person has an ongoing claim on the residence change date if, before that date, the claim has not—
(a) been decided by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Social Security Act 1998,
(b) been withdrawn in accordance with regulation 5(2) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, or
(c) otherwise ceased to be under consideration before being decided by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Social Security Act 1998.
(4) Where the day referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(c) is before 6th November 2025, the condition in that paragraph is to be read to the effect that the person must be present in England and Wales, or treated for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(b) as being present in Great Britain, on that day.
(5) The requirement mentioned in paragraph (1) is that the Secretary of State must make a decision under section 8 of the Social Security Act 1998 on the person’s claim for a carer’s allowance, unless the person withdraws the claim in accordance with regulation 5(2) of the Claims and Payments Regulations.
(6) For the purposes of the decision of the Secretary of State mentioned in paragraph (5), regulation 9(1)(b) applies as if for “the relevant place” there were substituted “Great Britain”.
(7) If the Secretary of State decides that the person is entitled to a carer’s allowance, the person is, insofar as they are not present in England and Wales on or after the residence change date, to be treated as present in England and Wales for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(b) for the duration of the run-on period.
(8) In this regulation, any reference to the date on which a person makes a claim for a carer’s allowance (however expressed) is to be construed in accordance with regulation 6 of the Claims and Payments Regulations.
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10A 
A woman shall be entitled to  a carer’s allowance  if—
(a) she attained the age of 65 before 28th October 1994;
(b) immediately before attaining the age of 65 she would have satisfied the requirements for entitlement to  a carer’s allowance, whether or not she made a claim, but for the condition, which applied prior to 28th October 1994, in section 70(5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(exclusion of persons who had attained pensionable age and had not been entitled to that allowance immediately before attaining that age); and
(c) she satisfies the requirements for entitlement to  a carer’s allowance  apart from the conditions in section 70(1)(a) and (b) ... of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
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A man who—
(a) attained the age of 65 before 28th October 1994; and
(b) was entitled to  a carer’s allowance  immediately before he attained that age,shall be entitled to that allowance notwithstanding that, after he attained that age, he was not caring for a severely disabled person or no longer satisfied the requirements of section 70(1)(a) or (b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, if he satisfies the other requirements for entitlement to that allowance.
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The provisions of  the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, specified in column (1) of
Schedule 1 to these regulations, the subject
matter of which is described in column (2) of that Schedule, shall, with any
necessary modifications, apply to  carer’s allowance  as they apply to
 incapacity benefit.
PART III
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The Social Security
(Credits) Regulations 1975 shall be amended by the insertion of the following
regulation after regulation 7:—
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7A 

(1) For the purposes of entitlement to any
benefit by virtue of a person's contributions he shall, subject to 
paragraph (2), be entitled to a Class I credit
in respect of each week for any part of which an invalid care allowance is
paid to him, or in the case of a widow, would have been so payable but for
the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping
Benefits) Regulations 1975, as amended by the 
Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976,
requiring adjustment of an invalid care allowance against widow's benefit
or benefit by virtue of section 39(4)
corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance or a widow's pension.
(2) Paragraph
(1) shall not apply—
(a) to a person in respect of any week where
he is entitled to a Class 1 credit under regulation
9 in respect of the same week; or
(b) to a woman in respect of any week in
any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made
by her under regulations made under section 130(2)
 had effect.”.
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In the Social
Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975, after regulation
10A, added to those regulations by regulation 10
of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975, there shall be added the following regulation:—
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10B 
A person shall not be disqualified for receiving an invalid care
allowance by reason of being absent from Great Britain.”.
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Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services

SCHEDULE 1


Regulation applied Subject matter
(1) (2)
2 Exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc.
3 Suspension of payment of benefit during imprisonment etc.
4 Interim payments by way of benefit under the Act
9 Payment of benefit and suspension of payments pending a decision on appeals or references, arrears and repayments
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 18(1)

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