Introductory text

This Draft Statutory Instrument has been published in consequence of defects in S.I. 2013/379 and S.I. 2015/173 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 54(2)(a) of the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

SOCIAL SECURITY

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Coming into force 6th April 2027

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(1)(b) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1, sections 2(3), (6) and (9), 3(8) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f2, sections 2(1)(a) and (4)(c), 18(4)(b) and 25(2) and (3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f3, sections 6(1)(a) and 42(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f4 and sections 19(1) and 54(5) of the Pensions Act 2014^f5.

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f6, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 54(2)(a) of the Pensions Act 2014 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4. Section 113(1) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2).
f2: 2002 c. 16. See section 17(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of that Act.
f3: 2007 c. 5. Section 2(1) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5). Section 18(4) was amended by paragraph 26(d) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012. See section 24(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f4: 2012 c. 5. See section 40 for the definition of “prescribed”.
f5: 2014 c. 19. See section 22(1) for the definition of “regulations”.
f6: 1992 c. 5.