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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2008/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/441",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThis Regulation amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987.\nRegulation 2 amends regulation 3 of those Regulations by substituting a new paragraph (cb). This extends the list of exceptions to the general rule that it is necessary to make a claim to be entitled to benefit. The new exception means that when a person’s spouse or civil partner is awarded a Category A retirement pension, that person can be awarded a Category B retirement pension without having to claim it, providing that they are already entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit.\nIt also amends the current provision to clarify that when a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension or a graduated retirement benefit marries or enters into a civil partnership, they can be awarded a Category B retirement pension only if their spouse or civil partner is entitled to a Category A retirement pension.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been carried out in respect of these Regulations as they do not impose a cost on business, charities or the voluntary sector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/441/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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