The Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2497
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—

(a) except for the purposes of regulation 3, on 28th October 2002; and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 3, on 1st April 2003.

Section 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976

(1) The following provisions of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 are hereby revoked—

(a) regulation 10 (circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to invalid care allowance immediately before attaining that age); and

(b) regulation 11 (invalid care allowance for persons over the age of 65).

(2) In regulation 10A(c) of those Regulations (women aged 65 before 28th October 1994) the words “and (5)” shall be omitted.

Section 3 Amendments consequential upon change of name of benefit

Schedule 2 to these Regulations (which substitutes references to carer’s allowance and makes related provision for references to invalid care allowance) shall have effect.

Section 1

In the provisions mentioned in paragraph 2 below, for the words “invalid care allowance” wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ carer’s allowance ” , preceded, where appropriate, by “a” instead of “an”.

Section 2

The provisions referred to in paragraph 1 are—

Section 3

In—

(a) Regulations 6 and 19 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 ; and

(b) Regulation 3 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1996 ,

after the words “invalid care allowance” wherever they occur, there shall be added “ or carer’s allowance, as the case may be, ” .