{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-22CA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-22CA.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1968",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/22CA",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22CA",
  "heading": "State pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to payment of a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.\n(2) State pension is to be paid in arrears.\n(3) The Secretary of State may arrange to pay state pension at intervals of—\n(a) one week;\n(b) two weeks, if the beneficiary was in receipt of a working age benefit immediately before becoming entitled to the state pension which was paid fortnightly;\n(c) four weeks;\n(d) 13 weeks, if the beneficiary agrees; or\n(e) such length not exceeding 12 months as the Secretary of State may choose, if—\n(i) the Secretary of State makes a direction specifying that length; and\n(ii) the amount of the state pension payable is less than £5.00 per week.\n(4) State pension is to be paid—\n(a) on the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number; or\n(b) in any particular case or class of case, on any other day of the week that the Secretary of State may choose.\n(1) Last 2 digits national insurance number\n(2) Day to be paid state pension\n00 to 19\nMonday\n20 to 39\nTuesday\n40 to 59\nWednesday\n60 to 79\nThursday\n80 to 99\nFriday",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 22CA 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(11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/22CA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:50.477745+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}