{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-age-related-payments-regulations-2013-ukdsi-2013-9780111100752/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111100752",
  "legislation_title": "The Age-Related Payments Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-age-related-payments-regulations-2013-ukdsi-2013-9780111100752",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Entitlement: payments to qualifying Equitable Life annuitants in receipt of pension credit or an equivalent benefit",
  "text": "(1) A qualifying Equitable Life annuitant (“A”) is entitled to a further payment of £5000 if A is or was in receipt of state pension credit on 1st November 2013.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “state pension credit” means—\n(a) state pension credit within the meaning of section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;\n(b) state pension credit within the meaning of section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;\n(c) any benefit similar to the benefit referred to in sub-paragraph (a) that is paid by another EEA state or by Switzerland.\n(3) A benefit is similar to the benefit referred to in paragraph (2)(a) if the criteria used to determine entitlement for the benefit are similar to the criteria used to determine whether a person is eligible for the benefit referred to in paragraph (2)(a).\n(4) Where A is in receipt of state pension credit within the meaning of paragraph (2)(b) or (c), A is not entitled to a payment under paragraph (1) unless A makes an application under regulation 4 for the payment.\n(5) A’s entitlement to a payment under this regulation ceases if A dies before a payment under paragraph (1) is made.\n(6) If A is resident in a state outside the United Kingdom, payment may be made in the currency of that state at the spot rate of exchange for the day on which the payment is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c 14 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111100752/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:22.919642+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}