{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975/regulation-8G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975/regulation-8G.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/556",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975",
  "path": "regulation/8G",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8G",
  "heading": "Credits for persons entitled to universal credit",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of entitlement to a benefit to which this regulation applies, a person shall be credited with a Class 3 contribution in respect of a week if that person is entitled to universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 for any part of that week.\n(2) This regulation applies to—\n(a) a Category A retirement pension;\n(b) a Category B retirement pension;\n(c) a widowed parent’s allowance;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8G inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 70(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 8G(2)(d) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1-3 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/422), arts. 1(2), 4(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/556/regulation/8G",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:12:11.103774+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."
}