{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-equalisation-of-state-pension-age-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-equalisation-of-state-pension-age-regulations-2009/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1488",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-equalisation-of-state-pension-age-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) is amended in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) In paragraph 9 (pensioner premium for persons under 75), for “not less than 60” substitute “not less than the qualifying age for state pension credit”.\n(3) In paragraph 10 (higher pensioner premium)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “not less than 60” substitute “not less than the qualifying age for state pension credit”;\n(b) in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(ii)(aa) and (3)(b), for “his partner’s 60th birthday” substitute “the day his partner attained the qualifying age for state pension credit”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii)(bb), for “the age of 60” substitute “the qualifying age for state pension credit”.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) of paragraph 11 (disability premium), for “is aged less than 60” substitute “has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit”.\n(5) In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 13A (enhanced disability premium), for “is aged less than 60” substitute “has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1488/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:11:05.717897+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."
}