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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2025 and come into force on 7th April 2025.
(2)In these Regulations “the Up-rating Order” means the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2025.
2Exceptions relating to payments of additional guardian’s allowance by virtue of the Up-rating Order#
Neither section 155(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 nor section 135(3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 are to apply if a question arises as to either—
(a)the weekly rate at which guardian’s allowance is payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order, or
(b)whether the conditions for receipt of guardian’s allowance at the altered rate are satisfied,
until that question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the Social Security Act 1998 or article 9 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
3Persons not ordinarily resident in either Great Britain or Northern Ireland#
Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 and regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) is to apply to any additional benefit payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order.
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