The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Amendment Regulations 2002
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975. A person who receives free in-patient treatment in a hospital or similar institution for between 6 and 53 weeks has his entitlement to receive incapacity benefit, widow’s allowance, widowed mother’s allowance, widow’s pension, bereavement allowance, widowed parent’s allowance, age addition, severe disablement allowance, retirement pension, unemployability supplement, industrial death benefit widow’s and widower’s pensions, reduced. These Regulations decrease the reduction which would otherwise apply in certain circumstances, from 39% to 38% of the basic retirement pension.