The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979

Made: 7th June 1979

Laid before Parliament: 18th June 1979

Coming into force: 9th July 1979

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 45(3), 79 to 81, 88 to 90, 146(5), and 115(1) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and paragraphs 9(1)(a) and (c) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations, which consolidate the regulations hereby revoked and which accordingly by virtue of sections 139(2) and 141(2) of the Social Security Act 1975-and paragraphs 20 of Schedule 15 and 12 of Schedule 16-are not subject to the requirements of sections 139(1) and 141(2) of that Act for prior reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee and the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council respectively:—

Part I — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 and shall come into operation on 9th July 1979.

Interpretation

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• (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “"the Act”” means the Social Security Act 1975;

• “"approved place”” means a place approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of obtaining payment of benefit;

• “"benefit order”” means an order for the payment of a weekly sum on account of benefit to which regulation 16 applies or of a weekly instalment of a gratuity;

• “"claim for benefit”” includes an application for a declaration that an accident was an industrial accident and an application for the review of an award or a decision for the purpose of obtaining any increase of benefit mentioned in Schedule 1 to these regulations but does not include any other application for the review of an award or a decision and the expression ““claims benefit”” and every reference to a claim shall be construed accordingly;

• “health care professional” means—a registered medical practitioner,a registered nurse,an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Care Act 1999, ora member of such other profession, regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, prescribed by the Secretary of State in accordance with powers under section 39(1) of the Social Security Act 1998.

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• “"instrument of payment”” means a serial order, benefit order, or any other instrument whatsoever which is intended to enable a person to obtain payment of benefit;

• “"serial order”” means one of a series of orders, including benefit orders, for the payment of a sum on account of benefit which is or has been contained in a book of such orders;

• “"unemployment benefit office”” means any office or place appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose of claiming unemployment benefit; and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.

• (1A) The provision in paragraph (1) for the interpretation of the words “claim for benefit” shall not be taken to preclude the application of the regulations to a claim for attendance allowance expressed as an application for review of an earlier determination but which discloses no grounds on which such a determination could be reviewed.

• (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—

• (a) a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Social Security Act 1975 bearing that number;

• (b) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;

• (c) any provision made by or contained in an enactment or instrument shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which it re-enacts or replaces, or which may re-enact or replace it, with or without modification.

• (3) For the purposes of the provisions of these regulations relating to the making of claims every increase of benefit mentioned in Schedule 1 to these regulations shall be treated as a separate benefit.

• (4) The provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to these regulations shall have effect; and the following provisions of these regulations shall, in relation to any particular benefit, have effect subject to any provision in those Schedules affecting that benefit.

Part II — CLAIMS

Claims not required in certain cases

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Manner in which claims are to be made

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Supply of claim forms

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Claims not on appropriate forms

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Information to be given when making a claim for benefit

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Amendment of claim forms

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Interchange with claims for other benefits

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Special provision where it is certified that a woman is expected to be confined or where she has been confined

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Forward allowances and disallowances of sickness, invalidity and injury benefit and no·n -contributory invalidity pension

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Forward allowance and disallowance of unemployment benefit

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Special provisions relating to claims for unemployment benefit made during periods connected with public holidays

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Time for claiming benefit

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PART III — PAYMENTS

Time and manner of payment of certain benefits and of an increase of disablement pension

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Time and manner of payment of certain pensions and allowances

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Special provisions relating to payment of constant attendance allowance for persons out of hospital for short periods

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Special provision relating to payment of attendance' allowance for persons out of hospital for periods not expected to exceed 13 weeks

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Time and manner of payment of age addition

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Time and manner of payments of industrial injuries gratuities

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Time of payment 01 Category C or D retirement pensions etc. to those in receipt of supplementary benefit

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Extinguishment of right to sums payable by way of benefit which are not obtained within the prescribed time

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Information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit

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Part IV — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT ONLY

Notice of accidents

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• (1) Every employed earner who suffers personal injury by accident in respect of which benefit may be payable shall give notice of such accident either in writing or orally as soon as is practicable after the happening thereof:

Obligations of employers

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• (1) Every employer shall take reasonable steps to investigate the circumstances of every accident of which notice is given to him or to his servant or agent in accordance with the provisions of regulation 24 and, if there appear to him to be any discrepancies between the circumstances found by him as a result of his investigation and the circumstances appearing from the notice so given, he shall record the circumstances so found.

• (2) Every employer who is required to do so by the Secretary of State shall furnish to an officer of the Department within such reasonable period as may be required, such information and particulars as shall be required—

• (a) of any accident or alleged accident in respect of which benefit may be payable to, or in respect of the death of, a person employed by him at the time of the accident or alleged accident; or

• (b) of the nature of and other relevant circumstances relating to any occupation prescribed for the purposes of Chapter V of Part II of the Act in which any person to whom or in respect of whose death benefit may be payable under that Chapter was or is alleged to have been employed by him.

• (3) Every owner or occupier (being an employer) of any mine or quarry or of any premises to which any of the provisions of the Factories Act 1961 applies and every employer by whom 10 or more persons are normally employed at the same time on or about the same premises in connection with a trade or business carried on by the employer shall, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph—

• (a) keep readily accessible a means (whether in a book or books or by electronic means), in a form approved by the Secretary of State, by which a person employed by the employer or some other person acting on his behalf may record the appropriate particulars (as defined in regulation 24) of any accident causing personal injury to that person; and

• (b) preserve every such record for the period of at least 3 years from the date of its entry.

Obligations of claimants for, and beneficiaries in receipt of...disablement benefit

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• (1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, every claimant for, and every beneficiary in receipt of... disablement benefit shall comply with every notice given to him by the Secretary of State which requires him either—

• (a) to submit himself to a medical examination in person, by telephone or by video by a health care professional approved by the Secretary of State who has experience in the issues specified in regulation 12(1) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 for the purpose of determining the effects of the relevant accident or the treatment appropriate to the relevant injury or loss of faculty; or

• (b) to submit himself to such medical treatment for the said injury or loss of faculty as is considered appropriate in his case by the medical practitioner in charge of the case ....

• (2) Every notice given to a claimant or beneficiary requiring him to submit himself to medical examination shall be given in writing and shall specify the time and place for examination and shall not require the claimant or beneficiary to submit himself to examination before the expiration of the period of 6 days beginning with the date of the notice or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances.

• (3) Every claimant and every beneficiary who, in accordance with' the foregoing provisions of this regulation, is required to submit himself to a medical examination or to medical treatment—

• (a) shall attend at every such place and at every such time as may be required; and

• (b) may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, be paid such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time) as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

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Withdrawal of claims for disablement benefit

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Part V — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Persons unable to act

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Payments on death

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Payment of benefit to third party

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Breach of regulations

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If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement of these regulations (not being a requirement to give notice of an accident or a requirement to submit himself to medical treatment or examination) in respect of which no special penalty is provided, he shall for such offence be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding £200 or, where the offence consists of continuing any such contravention or failure after conviction thereof, £20 for each day on which it is so continued.

Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — SHOWING PRESCRIBED TIMES FOR CLAIMING BENEFIT AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR BENEFIT ARISING BY REASON OF LATE CLAIMS

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SCHEDULE 2 — CONTAINING MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INJURY BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, SICKNESS BENEFIT, INVALIDITY BENEFIT, NON-CONTRIBUTORY INVALIDITY PENSION, MATERNITY ALLOWANCE AND RETIREMENT PENSIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS WHICH VARY THE PRESCRIBED TIMES UNDER SCHEDULE 1

Unemployment Benefit

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A person who claims unemployment benefit in respect of any day shall not be disqualified for the receipt of that benefit by reason of his failure to make a claim for it on that day if—

• (a) that claim is made on a day specified for the purpose of his claiming unemployment benefit in a notice previously given to him by the Secretary of State; and either

• (b) that claim is made on the first or only day so specified in that notice; or

• (c) he has claimed unemployment benefit on every day so specified in that notice which falls before the day on which that claim is made.

Sickness, Invalidity and Injury Benefit and Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension

Hospital in-patients

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• (1) When it is being determined whether the provisions of regulation 14(2) or 14(3)(b) have been satisfied by a person who is, or has been, an in-patient in a hospital and who makes a claim for sickness, invalidity or injury benefit or non-contributory invalidity pension, any such provision shall, in relation only to that claim, be deemed to have been satisfied by him in respect of that one of the following periods which is appropriate in so far as it is relevant for the purpose of any provision:—

• (a) where the person concerned has been discharged from the hospital, the period commencing on the date of his admission thereto as an in-patient and ending 13 weeks thereafter or 3 weeks after the date of his discharge, whichever period is the shorter; or

• (b) where the person concerned has not been so discharged, the period of 13 weeks from the date of his admission to the hospital as an in-patient;

and where the person concerned claims an increase of that benefit or pension in respect of a child or adult dependant within the period of 1 month from the date of the claim to that benefit or pension, any such provision shall be deemed to be satisfied for the whole of the period in respect of which the claim to that benefit or pension is made.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph 2(1) above—

• (a) in ascertaining the date of admission to hospital of the person concerned, where that person has previously been an in-patient in one or more hospitals for one or more periods any such period shall be taken into account; so however that the interval, or (if there was more than one previous period as an in-patient) each interval, between the end of such period and the beginning of the appropriate period specified in paragraph 2(1) above does not exceed 3 weeks;

• (b) “"hospital”” means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness and any maternity home (and, for this purpose, “"illness”” includes mental disorder and any injury or disability requiring medical treatment or nursing); and

• (c) “"in-patient”” means a person who is admitted as an in-patient to a hospital for the purpose of receiving treatment (not being treatment during convalescence) by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner.

Maternity Allowance

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• (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a claim for an increase in respect of a child or adult dependant of a maternity allowance in expectation of confinement may be made before the first week for which that allowance could be awarded but shall not be made earlier than the period specified in respect of a claim for maternity allowance by Schedule 1, paragraph S(c), column (2).

• (2) A claim for an increase of maternity allowance in respect of a child or adult dependant may not be made in advance unless, on the date when made, the circumstances relating to the child or adult dependant concerned are such as would qualify the claimant for such an increase if they occurred in a period for which she was entitled to a maternity allowance.

• (3) A claim for an increase of maternity allowance made in advance under this paragraph shall be treated as not having been made if the claimant fails within the period specified by Schedule 1, paragraph 4, column (2), to provide such certificates, documents, information or evidence as may be required under regulation 7.

Retirement Pensions

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• (1) A claim for a retirement pension of any category may be made at any time not more than 4 months before the date on which the claimant will, subject to the fulfilment of the necessary conditions, become entitled to such a pension.

• (2) A notice for the purpose of section 27(4) (retirement from regular employment) shall be given to the Secretary of State in writing and shall specify a date, being a date not earlier than the date on which the person giving the notice attains pensionable age and not later than the expiration of the period of 4 months after the date on which the notice is given, as the date of that persons retirement.

• (3) For the purposes of section 27(4) the prescribed period shall be the period of 3 months; but that period shall be extended to the commencement of any continuous period immediately preceding the said period of 3 months throughout which the person giving the notice proves that there was good cause for the delay in giving such notice, so however that the prescribed period shall in no case exceed 12 months.

• (4) For the purposes of facilitating the determination of a subsequent claim for a Category A, B or C retirement pension, a person may at any time not more than 4 months before the date' on which he will attain pensionable age, and notwithstanding that he does. not intend to retire from regular employment at that date, submit particulars in writing to the Secretary of State in a form approved by him for that purpose with a view to the determination (in advance of the claim) of any question under the Act relating to that person's title to such a retirement pension other than the question of retirement, and subject to the necessary modifications, the provisions of these regulations shall apply to any such particulars.

SCHEDULE 3 — BENEFIT CLAIMED AND BENEFIT FOR WHICH THE CLAIM MAY BE TREATED AS A CLAIM IN THE ALTERNATIVE

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In this Schedule—

• (a) references to an increase of any benefit (other than an increase of disablement pension where constant attendance is needed) are to an increase of that benefit in respect of a child or adult dependant.

• (b) “"Widow's benefit”” means widow's benefit under Chapter I ‘of Part II of the Act and benefit by virtue of section 39(4) corresponding to a widow's pension or a widowed mother's allowance.

SCHEDULE 4 — PARTICULARS TO BE GIVEN OF ACCIDENTS

• (1) Full name, address and occupation of injured person;

• (2) Date and time of accident;

• (3) Place where accident happened;

• (4) Cause and nature of injury;

• (5) Name, address and occupation of person giving the notice, if other than the injured person.

SCHEDULE 5 — REGULATIONS REVOKED

Signed

Patrick Jenkin, — Secretary of State for Social Services. — 1979-06-07

Editorial notes

[^c22716001]: 1975 c. 14.

[^c22716011]: 1975 c. 18.

[^c22716141]: 1961 c. 34.

[^key-175e1dd3dd3064c5123e183a21e77b79]: Reg. 2(1A) inserted (25.8.1980) by The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1136), regs. 1(1), 6(1)

[^key-fa0e9cd6db0f4a7f21610b629509afef]: Reg. 16A inserted (4.10.1982) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1241), regs. 1(1), 3

[^key-36448f82be301e3757466c36822f8a07]: Words in reg. 31 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1241), regs. 1(1), 7(1) (with reg. 7(2))

[^key-ea8dee6e35250e8eca5bd69f9f764939]: Words in reg. 26 heading omitted (6.4.1983) by virtue of The Social Security (Abolition of Injury Benefit) (Consequential) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/186), regs. 1(1), 11(6)

[^key-63bda2a07cff073af4c4c85bc0d75252]: Words in reg. 26(1) omitted (6.4.1983) by virtue of The Social Security (Abolition of Injury Benefit) (Consequential) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/186), regs. 1(1), 11(7)

[^key-4d7a2a390a09189ef16161ec8465ef53]: Reg. 27 revoked (6.4.1983) by The Social Security (Abolition of Injury Benefit) (Consequential) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/186), regs. 1(1), 11(8)

[^key-1b1d0499e0d046e03ef1c703dd1229c3]: Sch. 1 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-083ee16418dbe421714d67ee114526d7]: Sch. 2 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-c4ecd8229f513b31768e76bbbc865314]: Sch. 3 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-8f8e0524f1673f636d056e0884cd45c8]: Sch. 5 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-2337cfbca541a1ac542d1e655a8a0fe4]: Reg. 3 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-0d4309225f8700d98be3a958bfaa5550]: Reg. 4 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-d4a7d058dec028edb5e10e093bc56216]: Reg. 5 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-fda14066c21d1bc89d27d26b63db5c3b]: Reg. 6 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-1b794511bf362807081eda0a32ccef70]: Reg. 7 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-8cb426f0a9c31f3c06bb1fb454143b93]: Reg. 8 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-3d24a277e4b9538ef703c81aee525a6e]: Reg. 9 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-cfde49833b6b1102e406c6865f6f0be7]: Reg. 10 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-2c63864e0e4d5bac05bee8fc46d79ed0]: Reg. 11 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10; (Reg. 11(7)(8)(9) revoked (29.11.1984) by The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984 (S.I 1984/1303), reg. 1, 21, Sch. 3)

[^key-22746c278ef802e21b35a632c0e8bcca]: Reg. 12 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-e9af62b28de1c8f410599a2d7660fae4]: Reg. 13 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-cb6c527bb0c7502c4ce6cf344ad93a85]: Reg. 14 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-242251559ddd641dd41969825de0fc77]: Reg. 15 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10; (Reg. 15(1)(f) revoked (6.4.1983) by The Social Security (Abolition of Injury Benefit) (Consequential) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/186), regs. 1(1), 11(4))

[^key-0a9a16db7cde7e175dd978c017af6a46]: Reg. 16 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^M_F_2e3c457c-14d2-440a-f54d-5caa45f20cbb]: Reg. 16A revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10; Reg. 16A(8)(9) revoked (6.4.1987) by Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/491), regs. 1, 19(1), Sch. Pt. I

[^key-e0b23439f953f0c718501f509a401e93]: Reg. 17 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-b3945bbd28403bc0f3e91cf97f1181bb]: Reg. 18 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-d48ff76a621104ec9c207dfcfbf6d177]: Reg. 19 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-4484d26304f19ad994f0d06e3857043f]: Reg. 20 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-17b17f06eebb6a18df2afb067be25908]: Reg. 21 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-8f46170f3f27445721381ddb72c822fc]: Reg. 22 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-f52bea814e0335b4a2664a8d5976200a]: Reg. 23 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-cc76cbbd80776a42d2c17a016c2ebe87]: Reg. 28 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-f7e87d0f19e3e6ec0ff9b59b5f562a39]: Reg. 29 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-d3eaba49c5a2f4de9d4bd20c848f183f]: Reg. 30 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^key-6827cb93b781456cea6e48082bf7547c]: Reg. 32 revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

[^M_F_015bb33e-4ca9-4fc1-9308-95a93e568750]: Reg. 25(3)(a) and (b) substituted (27.9.1993) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2113), regs. 1(2), 2

[^key-61fe39fe208f5b1d8072dea75954dcff]: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (5.7.1999) by virtue of The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 1

[^key-5c4fcc20daf073dd9c4d5829e131ea6c]: Words in reg. 26(1)(a) substituted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(a)(i)

[^key-3759edfc4d0c56dea4f75403baf6b9d4]: Words in reg. 26(1)(b) omitted (5.7.1999) by virtue of The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art.4(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(a)(ii)

[^key-b373521f2b99fe6dc30ab772a82444ef]: Words in reg. 26(2) substituted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(b)

[^key-d07459245525e8116e77e985ff0737cb]: Reg. 26(4) omitted (5.7.1999) by virtue of The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(c)

[^key-0a85dbfb485071df27d35d6033e74043]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (3.7.2007) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments)(No.2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1626), regs. 1, 2(2)

[^key-038cd9dedd4582ae390f115922be2ba1]: Words in reg. 26(1)(a) substituted (3.7.2007) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments)(No.2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1626), regs. 1, 2(3)

[^key-6568356f18674584346c57f25e36414d]: Words in reg. 26(1)(a) inserted (S.) (25.3.2021) by The Social Security (Industrial Injuries Benefit and Personal Independence Payment) (Telephone and Video Assessment) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/97), regs. 1(1), 2

[^key-9e893b20f41e3fe3efb27665686c481b]: Words in reg. 26(1)(a) inserted (E.W.) (25.3.2021) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments, Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit) (Telephone and Video Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/230), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

[^M_F_9c9ced3b-204c-430f-92c5-1c5374c416b2]: Reg. 10A (inserted by S.I. 1982/699, regs. 1(1), 3) revoked (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968), regs. 1, 48, Sch. 10

Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)

Self-certified claims for first 7 days of a spell of incapacity for work

10A

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Forward allowances and disallowances of sickness, invalidity and injury benefit and non-contributory invalidity pension

Forward allowance and disallowance of unemployment benefit

Special provisions relating to claims for unemployment benefit made during periods connected with public holidays

Time for claiming benefit

Payment of certain benefits by direct credit transfer

16A

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Special provisions relating to payment of constant attendance allowance for persons out of hospital for short periods

Special provision relating to payment of attendance' allowance for persons out of hospital for periods not expected to exceed 13 weeks

Time and manner of payment of age addition

Time and manner of payments of industrial injuries gratuities

Time of payment 01 Category C or D retirement pensions etc. to those in receipt of supplementary benefit

Extinguishment of right to sums payable by way of benefit which are not obtained within the prescribed time

Information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit

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