# The Social Security (Retirement Pensions etc.) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2005, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Retirement Pensions etc.) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;
“period of deferment” shall be construed in accordance with section 55(3) or, as the case may be, section 55C(3) , of the Act;
“transitional case” means a case where a person's entitlement to retirement pension or shared additional pension is deferred and the period of deferment begins before 6th April 2005 and continues on or after that day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/469/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-retirement-pensions-etc-transitional-provisions-regulations-2005/regulation-1
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