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Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1968

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 1968

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

Made20th November 1987
Coming into force11th April 1988


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
General
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation
PART II
Claims
3. Claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases
4. Making a claim for benefit
5. Amendment and withdrawal of claim
6. Date of claim
7. Evidence and information
8. Attendance in person
9. Interchange with claims for other benefits
10. Claim for sickness benefit etc where no entitlement to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay
11. Special provisions where it is certified that a woman is expected to be confined or where she has been confined
12. Self-certified claims for first 7 days of a spell of incapacity for work
13. Advance claims and awards
14. Advance claim for and award of maternity allowance
15. Advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension
16. Date of entitlement under an award for the purpose of payability of benefit and effective date of change of rate
17. Duration of awards
18. Duration of disallowance
19. Time for claiming benefit
PART III
Payments
20. Time and manner of payment: general provision
21. Direct credit transfer
22. Long term benefits
23. Child benefit
24. Unemployment benefit, sickness or invalidity benefit, maternity allowance and severe disablement allowance
25. Payment of attendance allowance and constant attendance allowance at a daily rate
26. Income support
27. Family credit
28. Fractional amounts of benefit
29. Payment to a person under age 18
30. Payments on death
31. Time and manner of payments of industrial injuries gratuities
32. Information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit
PART IV
Third Parties
33. Persons unable to act
34. Payment to another person on the beneficiary's behalf
35. Deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties
36. Payment to a partner as alternative payee
PART V
Suspension and Extinguishment
37. Suspension
38. Extinguishment of right to payment of sums by way of benefit where payment is not obtained within the prescribed period
PART VI
Mobility Allowance
39. Claim and award for period beginning after the date on which the claim is received
40. Claim received within 6 months after the end of a period for which allowance awarded
41. Obligations of persons in respect of whom allowances are claimed or awarded and disqualification for failure to comply
42. Cases where allowance not to be payable
43. Children
44. Payment of mobility allowance on behalf of a beneficiary
45. Power for the Secretary of State to terminate an arrangement
46. Restriction on duration of arrangements by the Secretary of State
PART VII
Miscellaneous
47. Instruments of payment
48. Revocations

SCHEDULES

 1. 
 part i—Benefit claimed and other benefit which may be treated as if claimed in addition or in the alternative
 part ii—Interchange of claims for child benefit with claims for other benefits

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

 3. Duration of disallowance

 4. Prescribed times for claiming benefit

 5. Miscellaneous provisions which vary the prescribed times under Schedule 4

 6. Days for payment of long term benefits

 7. Manner and time of payment, effective date of change of circumstances and commencement of entitlement in income support cases

 8. Election to have child benefit paid weekly

 9. Deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties

 10. Revocations

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