Regulation 15B Advance claim for pension following defermentF1F2
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a person’s entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension or a shared additional pension is deferred in accordance with section 55(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (pension increase or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension is deferred) or section 55C(3) (pension increase or lump sum where entitlement to shared additional pension is deferred) thereof (as the case may be) a claim for—
a Category A or Category B retirement pension;
any increase in that pension; and
a shared additional pension,
may be made at any time not more than 4 months before the date on which the period of deferment, within the meaning of section 55(3) or section 55C(3) (as the case may be), ends.
Where a person’s entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 is deferred in accordance with sections 16 and 17 of that Act (option to defer and effect of deferring a state pension), a claim for such a state pension may be made at any time not more than 4 months before the date on which the period during which the person’s entitlement to a state pension was deferred ends.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 15B inserted (6.4.2005) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/455), regs. 1(1)(a), 2 (with reg. 6)
- F2
Reg. 15B substituted (6.7.2005) by The Social Security (Shared Additional Pension) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1551), regs. 1(1)(a), 2(7) (with reg. 10)
- F3
Reg. 15B(1): reg. 15B renumbered as reg. 15B(1) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 9(8)(a)
- F4
Reg. 15B(2) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 9(8)(b)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Instrument substituted (29.11.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 12 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3178), Sch. 6 para. 1 (with reg. 3(1)(b), Schs. 21-23)