Section 19 PrisonersI1
(1)
Regulations may provide that a person is not to be paid a state pension under this Part for any period during which the person is a prisoner.
(2)
“Prisoner” means a person (in Great Britain or elsewhere) who is—
(a)
imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or
(b)
unlawfully at large.
(3)
In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 19 in force at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into force earlier by an order, see s. 56(1)(4)
- I2
S. 19(1)(3) in force at 5.2.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/134, art. 2(1)(4)(g)