Regulation 5A Rate of guaranteed minimum pension for the purposes of section 29 of the Pensions ActF1
Where a person is absent from Great Britain and disqualified for receiving additional Category A or Category B retirement pension, additional widowed mother’s allowanceF2, F3... widowed parent’s allowance or additional widow’s pension then—
the rate of guaranteed minimum pension shall for the purposes only of section 29(1) of the Pensions Act be determined in his case as if any Order under section 37A of the Pensions Act which came into force while he was disqualified had instead come into force on the first day on which he ceased to be disqualified, and
so long as the person is disqualified, section 37A(7) shall apply to him as if the reference to section 29(1) were omitted.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 5A inserted (6.4.1990) by The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/621), regs. 1, 2(4)
- F2
Words in reg. 5A inserted (9.4.2001) by The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Persons Abroad: Benefits for Widows and Widowers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2876), regs. 1, 2(5)
- F3
Words in reg. 5A omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1-3 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/422), arts. 1(2), 5(6)