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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-pension-credit-regulations-2002/schedule-VI/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110424395",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-pension-credit-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/VI/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) £20 is disregarded if the claimant or, if he has a partner, his partner—\n(a) is in receipt of—\n(i) long-term incapacity benefit under Section 30A of the 1992 Act;\n(ii) severe disablement allowance under section 68 of that Act;\n(iii) attendance allowance;\n(iv) disability living allowance under section 71 to 76 of that Act;\n(v) any mobility supplement under article 26A of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 (including such a supplement by virtue of any other scheme or order) or under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983; or\n(b) is or are registered as blind in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (welfare services) or, in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence is registered as blind in a register maintained by or on behalf of a regional or islands council.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), £20 is disregarded if the claimant or, if he has a partner, his partner has, within a period of 8 weeks ending on the day in respect of which the claimant first satisfies the conditions for entitlement to state pension credit, had an award of income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance and—\n(a) £20 was disregarded in respect of earnings taken into account in that award;\n(b) the person whose earnings qualified for the disegard continues in employment after the termination of that award.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), £20 is disregarded if the claimant or, if he has a partner, his partner, immediately before attaining pensionable age,—\n(a) had an award of state pension credit; and\n(b) a disregard under paragraph 4(1)(a)(i) or (ii) was taken into account in determining that award.\n(4) The disregard of £20 specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) applies so long as there is no break, other a break which does not exceed 8 weeks,—\n(a) in a case to which sub-paragraph (2) refers, in a person’s entitlement to state pension credit or in employment following the first day in respect of which state pension credit is awarded; or\n(b) in a case where sub-paragraph (3) applies, in the person’s entitlement to state pension credit since attaining pensionable age.\n(5) £20 is the maximum amount which may be disregarded under any sub-paragraph of this paragraph, notwithstanding that in the case of married or unmarried couples, both partners satisfy the requirements of that sub-paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 30A was inserted by Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1983/883."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I.1983/686; amended by S.I.1983/1164 and 1540 and 1986/628."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1948 c. 29."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110424395/schedule/VI/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:56.559550+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."
}