The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1990
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984 (“the principal regulations”). They provide that for the purposes of section 36A of the Social Security Act 1975, a person shall be treated as having qualified for a severe disablement allowance for the purposes of an age related addition —on his first day of incapacity for work in a period of not less than 196 consecutive days which immediately preceded the day on which he became entitled to a non-contributory invalidity pension; oron his first day of incapacity in a continuous period of incapacity which lasts longer than 196 consecutive days; oron his first day of incapacity for work in a period of not less than 196 consecutive days which preceded the first day of entitlement to a previous severe disablement allowance;