Part IIIRate of Incapacity Benefit

Qualifying date for entitlement to increased rate of incapacity benefit — widows12

If, for the purposes of regulation 9, the qualifying date in relation to a person who was entitled to a widow’s allowance would have been earlier than that specified in section 30B(7), if in respect of that earlier date she had claimed short-term incapacity benefit and had satisfied the contribution conditions for that benefit specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 39 (short-term incapacity benefit), the qualifying date in relation to her shall nevertheless be that earlier date.