# Pensions Act 2014, Section 11: Reduced rate elections: effect on section 4 pensions


(1) Section 4(1)(b) (minimum number of qualifying years for state pension at the transitional rate) does not apply to a woman if a reduced rate election was in force in respect of her at the beginning of the relevant 35-year period.
(2) Schedule 6 modifies the rules about the transitional rate of the state pension for a woman if a reduced rate election was in force in respect of her at the beginning of the relevant 35-year period.
(3) In this section—
“reduced rate election” means an election made, or treated as having been made, under regulations under section 19(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
“relevant 35-year period” means the 35-year period ending with the tax year before the one in which the woman reached pensionable age.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/19/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014/section-11
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