The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

   2. 2. Exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc

   3. 3. Suspension of payment of benefit during imprisonment etc

   4. 4. Interim payments by way of benefit under the Act

   5. 5. Deduction of benefit required to be repaid

   6. 6. Set-off of benefit against earlier payment of dependency benefit

   7. 7. Repayment by a person who has received payment of benefit on behalf of a beneficiary

   8. 8. Rounding of sums payable by way of benefit

3. PART II PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFIT OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT

   1. 9. Payments of benefit and suspension of payments pending a decision on appeals or references, arrears and repayments

   2. 10. Disqualifications to be disregarded for certain purposes

4. PART III PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT ONLY

   1. PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT

      1. 11. Further definition of the principles of assessment of disablement and prescribed degrees of disablement

   2. ...DISABLEMENT BENEFIT

      1. 12. Injury benefit payable to persons who have not attained school-leaving age

      2. 13. Day not treated as day of incapacity for work

      3. 14. Amount of disablement gratuities

      4. 15. Weekly value of gratuity for purposes of reduction of increase of disablement benefit during hospital treatment

      5. 16. Earnings level for the purpose of unemployability supplement under section 58 of the Act

   3. INCREASE OF ... DISABLEMENT BENEFIT

      1. 17. Circumstances in which, for the purposes of section 60, a beneficiary may be treated as being incapable of following an occupation or employment notwithstanding that he has worked thereat

      2. 18. Payments in respect of special hardship where beneficiary is entitled to a gratuity

      3. 19. Increase of disablement pension for constant attendance

      4. 20. Determination of degree of disablement for constant attendance allowance

      5. 21. Condition for receipt of increase of disablement pension for constant attendance under section 61 while receiving medical treatment as an in-patient

      6. 22. Treatment of distinct periods of hospital in-patient treatment as continuous for the purposes of section 62 of the Act

   4. INDUSTRIAL DEATH BENEFIT

      1. 23. Widow's pension

      2. 24. Additional entitlement to higher permanent rate of widow's pension under section 67

      3. 25. Widows to be treated as entitled to a pension for the purposes of right to a remarriage gratuity

      4. 26. Death benefit for relatives

      5. 27. Death benefit under section 72 for a posthumous son or daughter

      6. 28. Calculation of the amount of parent's or relative's gratuity

      7. 29. Application of limits imposed on death gratuities by Schedule 9 to the Act

      8. 30. Death within prescribed period

      9. 31. Priority of title to allowance or allowances under section 70

      10. 32. Circumstances in which higher rate of allowance under section 70(2) is payable to a person other than the widow of the deceased

      11. 33. Circumstances in which a deceased person who was not entitled to child benefit is to be treated as having been so entitled for the purposes of sections 70 or 73

      12. 34. Circumstances in which a deceased person is to be treated as not having been entitled to child benefit for the purposes of sections 68 or 70

      13. 35. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as if he were entitled to child benefit for the purposes of section 70

      14. 36. Circumstances in which a person entitled to child benefit is to be treated as if he were not so entitled

      15. 37. Provisions as to maintenance for purposes of death benefit

   5. ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFIT FOR SUCCESSIVE ACCIDENTS

      1. 38. Adjustment of benefit for successive accidents where a disablement gratuity is payable

      2. 39. Adjustment of increase of benefit in respect of successive accidents

   6. DISQUALIFICATION FOR RECEIPT OF BENEFIT AND SUSPENSION OF BENEFIT PENDING APPEALS ETC

      1. 40. Disqualification for receipt of benefit, suspension of proceedings on claims and suspension of payment of benefit

      2. 41. Suspension of payment of benefit pending appeals or references

   7. PAYMENTS UNDER THE ACT TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHO CONTRACTED DISEASES OR WERE INJURED BEFORE 5 JULY 1948

      1. 42. Payments by way of unemployability supplement and increases for children and adult dependants for persons entitled to Workmen's Compensation

      2. 43. Payments in respect of the need of constant attendance and in respect of exceptionally severe disablement for persons entitled to Workmen's Compensation

      3. 44. Payment by way of unemployability supplement and in respect of the need of constant attendance and in respect of exceptionally severe disablement to certain former constables and firemen

      4. 45. Application of the provisions of the Act and regulations

   8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      1. 46. Conditions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the day appointed for an increase of benefit under any Act amending the Act or under any up-rating order

5. PART IV

   1. 47. Revocation and transitional provisions

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE I

      Provisions for the purpose of which disqualifications under the Act are to be disregarded

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      PRESCRIBED DEGREES OF DISABLEMENT

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      SCALE OF DISABLEMENT GRATUITIES

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      RATE OF DISABLEMENT PENSION PAYABLE IN LIEU OF DISABLEMENT GRATUITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 18

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      PRESCRIBED RELATIONSHIPS

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF GRATUITIES PAYABLE BY WAY OF DEATH BENEFIT TO PARENTS OR RELATIVES WHO WERE NOT WHOLLY MAINTAINED BY THE DECEASED

      1. 1. The amount of any gratuity payable by way of death...

      2. 2. The amount of any gratuity payable by way of death...

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      PROVISIONS APPLYING THE LIMITS IMPOSED BY SCHEDULE 9 TO THE ACT ON THE AMOUNT PAYABLE BY WAY OF DEATH GRATUITIES

      1. 1. The amount of £78.00 in the case of parents' gratuities...

      2. 2. Where the amount ascertained under paragraph (1) in relation to...

      3. 3. Where there is only one relative who is by virtue...

      4. 4. Where there are two or more relatives each of whom...

      5. 5. Where, in respect of any death, a parent or relative...

      6. 6. Where any sum has been repaid or recovered in respect...

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      ORDER OF PRIORITY OF TITLE TO ALLOWANCES UNDER SECTION 70

      1. 1. Such person as may be designated in a written notice...

      2. 2. A person who, not being entitled to death benefit as...

      3. 3. A person who is entitled to death benefit in respect...

      4. 4. Such person as the Secretary of State may in his...

   9. SCHEDULE 9

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

8. Explanatory Note