{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-26B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-26B.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/26B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26B",
  "heading": "State pension credit",
  "text": "(1) Except where paragraph (2) or regulation 26BA applies, state pension credit shall be payable on Mondays, but subject to regulation 21 where payment is by direct credit transfer.\n(2) State pension credit shall be payable—\n(a) on the same day as any—\n(i) state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014; or\n(ii) retirement pension,\nis payable to the claimant; or\n(b) on such other day of the week as the Secretary of State may, in the particular circumstances of the case, determine.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Subject to regulation 26BA, state pension credit paid otherwise than in accordance with regulation 21 shall be paid weekly in advance.\n(5) Where the amount of state pension credit payable is less than £1.00 per week, the Secretary of State may direct that it shall be paid at such intervals, not exceeding 13 weeks, as may be specified in the direction.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 26B inserted (7.4.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(a), 9 (with reg. 36(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26B(1) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 6) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3229), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26B(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 26B(2)(a) substituted (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(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 26B(3) omitted (10.4.2006) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26B(4) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 6) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3229), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26B(4) substituted (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 26B(6)(7) omitted (10.4.2006) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/26B",
    "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."
}