The Social Security (Provisions relating to Qualifying Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

3.—(1) The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16 (provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed mother’s allowance)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(2), for the words from “any person” to “a child falling” substitute “any person under the age of 20 residing with the widow shall be deemed to be”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “a child falling”;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “any child” insert “or qualifying young person”; and

(c) in paragraph (3), after “the child” insert “or qualifying young person”.

(3) In regulation 16ZA (provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed parent’s allowance)(3)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after—

(i) “a child”,

(ii) “that child”, and

(iii) “the child”, in both places,

insert “or qualifying young person”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), after “any child” insert “or qualifying young person”.

(4) In regulation 16A (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of widowed mother’s allowance or widowed parent’s allowance)(4), after “child” insert “or qualifying young person”.

(1)

S.I. 1979/642.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (a) was substituted by regulations 2(6) and 3 of S.I. 1987/1854.

(3)

Regulation 16ZA was inserted by regulation 2(a) of S.I. 2001/1235 and amended by paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 3 to S.I. 2005/2877.

(4)

Regulation 16A was inserted by regulation 15(3) of S.I. 1997/2676 and amended by regulation 2(b) of S.I. 2001/1235.