The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976

[F1 Women aged 65 before 28th October 1994

10A.   A woman shall be entitled to [F2 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 [F2 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 [F2 a carer’s allowance] apart from the conditions in section 70(1)(a) and (b) F3 ... of the Contributions and Benefits Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 10A inserted (28.10.1994) by The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance and Invalid Care Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2556), regs. 1, 5(4)

F2 Words in reg. 10A substituted (1.4.2003) by The Social Security Amendment (Carer's Allowance) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2497), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2

F3 Words in reg. 10A(c) omitted (28.10.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Carer's Allowance) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2497), regs. 1(a), 2(2)