
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—
(a) except for the purposes of regulation 3, on 28th October 2002; and
(b) for the purposes of regulation 3, on 1st April 2003.
2 

(1) The following provisions of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976  are hereby revoked—
(a) regulation 10 (circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to invalid care allowance immediately before attaining that age); and
(b) regulation 11 (invalid care allowance for persons over the age of 65).
(2) In regulation 10A(c) of those Regulations (women aged 65 before 28th October 1994) the words “and (5)” shall be omitted.
3 
Schedule 2 to these Regulations (which substitutes references to carer’s allowance and makes related provision for references to invalid care allowance) shall have effect.
 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
 Ian McCartney
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions

SCHEDULE 1

Column 1 Column 2
Enactment conferring power Relevant amending provision
The Child Support Act 1991  
Paragraph 4(1)(b) and (c) and (2) of Schedule 1 Part 1 of Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992  
Section 22(5) Amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 
Section 70 Amended by articles 2 and 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Carer’s Allowance) Order 2002 
Section 79(2) 
Section 90 Amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 26 of Schedule 8 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 
Section 113 Amended by paragraph 66 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 
Section 124(1)(e) Subsection (1)(e) was inserted by pararaph 30 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995
Section 135(1) 
Section 136(3) and (5)(b) 
Section 138(2) and (4) 
Section 175(1) and (4) Amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 
Paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 3 Paragraph 2(8) was added by section 62(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
The Social Security Administration Act 1992  
Section 2A Section 2A was inserted by section 57 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
Section 5(1) 
Section 7A Section 7A was inserted by section 71 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
Section 73 Amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995
Section 78(2) 
Section 107(1) 
Section 189(1), (4) and (5) Amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998, by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 
The Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992  
Section 5 
Paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 
The Jobseekers Act 1995 
Section 26(1) 
Section 40 
The Child Support Act 1995  
Section 10 
Section 26(1) and (3) 
The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 
Section 72 
Section 83(1), (4) and (8) 
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999  
Section 115(3), (4) and (5) 
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3
1 
In the provisions mentioned in paragraph 2 below, for the words “invalid care allowance” wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “
              carer’s allowance
            ”, preceded, where appropriate, by “a” instead of “an”.
2 
The provisions referred to in paragraph 1 are—
The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975  Regulation 10B
The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975  Regulation 7A
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976  Regulations 2A, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10A, 11A and 14, and Schedule 1
The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977  Regulations 1 and 12, and Parts I and II of Schedule 2
The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979  Regulations 4 and 12, and Schedule 1
The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979  Regulation 17
The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987  Regulation 57, Schedule 1B, Parts III and IV of Schedule 2, and Schedule 8
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987  Regulations 2 and 4A and Part I of Schedule 1, and Schedule 6
The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987  Parts III and IV of Schedule 2, and Schedule 3
The Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988  Regulation 3
The Income Support (Liable Relatives) Regulations 1990  Regulation 2
The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992  Parts III and IV of Schedule 1, and Schedule 3
The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994  Regulation 2B
The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No. 2) Regulations 1996  Regulation 4
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1996  Regulation 3
The Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996  Regulation 4
The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999  Regulations 4 and 17
The Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000  Regulations 2 and 12, and Part II of the Schedule
The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000  Regulation 4
The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002  Regulations 2, 4 and 12
3 
In—
(a) Regulations 6 and 19 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 ; and
(b) Regulation 3 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1996 ,after the words “invalid care allowance” wherever they occur, there shall be added “
              or carer’s allowance, as the case may be,
            ”.