4 Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982
In regulation 2 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 (exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc.) —
(a) in paragraph (2) for the words “reduced earnings allowance” there shall be substituted the words “reduced earnings allowance, retirement allowance”;
(b) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“6 Subject to paragraph (7), the said provisions shall not operate to disqualify a person for receiving disablement benefit, other than any increase of that benefit, for any period during which he is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.”

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S.I.1982/1408.
Regulation 2 has been amended by S.I.1983/186, 1984/1303, 1986/1561, 1991/2742 and 1995/829.