Invalid care allowance to be known as carer’s allowance2.

(1)

Invalid care allowance shall be known as carer’s allowance.

(2)

In each of the following statutory provisions for “invalid care allowance” there shall be substituted “carer’s allowance” preceded, where appropriate, by “a” instead of “an” –

(a)

in the Contributions and Benefits Act –

(i)

section 44A(2)(b)6 (deemed earnings factors);

(ii)

section 63(c) (descriptions of non-contributory benefits);

(iii)

the cross heading and shoulder heading preceding section 70 (invalid care allowance) and subsections (1) and (9) of that section;

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(v)

section 146(1)(e) (interpretation of Part X);

(vi)

Schedule 4, Part III, paragraph 4 (non-contributory periodical benefits); and

(vii)

Schedule 4, Part IV, paragraph 9 (increases for dependants);

(b)

in the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19928 –

(i)

section 2A(2)(f)9 (work-focused interviews); and

(ii)

section 2AA(2)(e)10 (work-focused interviews for partners); and

(c)

in Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 199811 (decisions against which no appeal lies), the cross heading preceding paragraph 3.