Section 14 Pension sharing: reduction in the sharer's section 4 pensionI1

The rate of a person's state pension under section 4 is reduced under this section if the person is subject to a state scheme pension debit.

The amount by which the rate is reduced is the amount of the appropriate weekly reduction set out in Schedule 10.

A person's state pension may be reduced more than once under this section.

In this Part—

• “state scheme pension debit” means—

  1. a new state scheme pension debit, or

  2. an old state scheme pension debit;

• “new state scheme pension debit” means a debit under section 49A(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;

• “old state scheme pension debit” means a debit under section 49(1)(a) of that Act.