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The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/1821 · Made 14 July 2004

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 14th July 2004

Laid before Parliament 21st July 2004

Coming into force 6th October 2004

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(a), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f1 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to itf2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribe”.

f2

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 6th October 2004.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

In the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987f1—

(a)

in regulation 19f2 (time for claiming benefit), in paragraph (3), omit sub-paragraph (ff)f3, and

(b)

in Schedule 4 (prescribed times for claiming benefit) after paragraph 11f4—

(i)

in column (1) (description of benefit) add—

“12.

State pension credit.”, and

(ii)

in the corresponding part of column (2) (prescribed time for claiming benefit) add—

“As regards any day on which, apart from satisfying the condition of making a claim, the claimant is entitled to benefit, that day and the period of 12 months immediately following it.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

14th July 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 to provide that the time for claiming state pension credit is the day on which the claimant is entitled to it (apart from satisfying the condition of making a claim) and the period of 12 months immediately following that day.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.