Regulation 7 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)

in paragraph (2) omit the definition of “service user group”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)
References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—

(a)
a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i)
a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or

(ii)
a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or

(b)
the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.

(3)

In regulation 17A(3)(f) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(4)

In regulation 18(7A) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(5)

In regulation 24(3) (income paid to third parties), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(6)

In paragraph 9(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 2 (housing costs), for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/1792. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2009/2655.