The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1242

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1993

Made

11th May 1993

Laid before Parliament

17th May 1993

Coming into force

7th June 1993

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 79(2), 122(1) and 175(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 7th June 1993.

Amendment of regulation 17 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

2.—(1) Regulation 17 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979(3) (provisions relating to age addition for persons not in receipt of a retirement pension) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(h) sections 36 and 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965(4) as continued in force by the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978(5).”.

(3) In the first line of paragraph (2) after the words “the following shall” there shall be inserted the words “, subject to paragraph (3),”.

(4) After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a person who is in receipt of a payment under the enactment specified in paragraph (1)(h).”. ;

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Ann Widdecombe

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

11th May 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 17 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 (“the Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions Regulations”) to prescribe Graduated Retirement Benefit as a payment, the receipt of which by persons over 80 years of age may entitle a person to age addition.

The Regulations also amend the conditions otherwise prescribed for persons to receive an age addition under regulation 17(2) of the Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions Regulations.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 122(1) is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribe”.

(2)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

(3)

S.I. 1979/642. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1984/1303.

(4)

1965 c. 51.

(5)

S.I. 1978/393.