# State Pension Credit Act 2002, Paragraph 45

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Section 7 (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (4) (cases where sanctionable benefit is jobseeker’s allowance) insert—
“(4A) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that, where the sanctionable benefit is state pension credit, the benefit shall be payable in the offender’s case for any period comprised in the disqualification period as if the rate of the benefit were reduced in such manner as may be prescribed.”
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/16/schedule/2/paragraph/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-45
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