# The Equality Act 2010 (Sex Equality Rule) (Exceptions) Regulations 2010, Regulation 2: Exceptions to the sex equality rule: bridging pensions

Extent: E+W+S

The following circumstances are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 7 to the Act (State retirement pensions)—
(a) the man is in receipt of a pension from the scheme and has not attained pensionable age but would have attained pensionable age if he were a woman; and either
(b) an additional amount of pension is paid to the man which does not exceed the amount of Category A retirement pension that would be payable to a woman with earnings the same as the man’s earnings in respect of his period of pensionable service under the scheme (assuming that the requirements for entitlement to Category A retirement pension were satisfied and a claim made); or
(c) an additional amount of pension is paid to the man which does not exceed the amount of any state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 that would be payable to a woman with earnings the same as the man’s earnings in respect of his period of pensionable service under the scheme (assuming that the requirements for entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 were satisfied and a claim made).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2132/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-sex-equality-rule-exceptions-regulations-2010/regulation-2
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