Regulation 4E Making a claim before attaining the qualifying ageF1
A claim for state pension credit may be made, and any claim made may be determined, at any time within the advance period.
The advance period begins on the date which falls 4 months before the day on which the claimant attains the qualifying age and ends on the day before he attains that age.
A person who makes a claim within the advance period which is defective may correct the defect at any time before the end of the advance period.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 4D–4F inserted (7.4.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(3)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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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)