# The State Pension Regulations 2015, Regulation 3: Paying state pension to persons who are remanded in custody


(1) Where a person is remanded in custody for an offence, regulation 2(1) does not apply unless a sentence described in paragraph (2) is later imposed on the person for the offence.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the described sentences for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a) a sentence of imprisonment or detention in legal custody as a result of criminal proceedings;
(b) a sentence of detention where the provisions mentioned in regulation 2(2)(c)(i) or (d) apply;
(c) a suspended sentence within the meaning in section 189 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (suspended sentences of imprisonment).
(3) A sentence described in paragraph (2)(a) which is imposed outside Great Britain is not a described sentence for the purposes of paragraph (1) if, in similar circumstances in Great Britain, a sentence described in paragraph (2)(a) would not have been imposed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111123669/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-pension-regulations-2015/regulation-3
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