(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2000.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(3) These Regulations shall come into force—
(a) on 11th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of widowed mother’s allowance is increased, or guardian’s allowance (where that allowance is payable on a Tuesday) is payable in respect of a child or children;
(b) on 12th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of disablement benefit, or invalid care allowance (where that benefit is payable on a Wednesday), is increased in respect of a child or children, or where an allowance is paid in respect of a child or children under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (children of deceased’s family);
(c) on 13th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, disablement benefit paid under article 18 of the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 or retirement pension of any category (where that pension is payable on a Thursday), is increased in respect of a child or children;
(d) where in any particular case the weekly rate of retirement pension is increased in respect of a child or children and that pension is payable, in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 , on a day other than a Monday or a Thursday, on the day in the week commencing 10th April 2000 which corresponds with the day of the week on which retirement pension is payable in that case; and
(e) where in any particular case guardian’s allowance is payable, in accordance with regulation 23(3) and (3A) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 , on a day other than a Monday or a Tuesday, on the day in the week commencing 10th April 2000 which corresponds with the day of the week on which guardian’s allowance is payable in that case.