{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2005/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2005/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3205",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792).\nRegulation 2(2)(a) amends regulation 10(2)(a) removing the references to the claimant’s retirement pension scheme or annuity contract. The effect of this is that where the arrangements under which the assessed amount is paid contain no provision for periodic increases in the amount payable, the claimant’s assessed amount is deemed not to change during their assessed income period.\nRegulation 2(2)(b) amends regulation 10(5B) removing the same references from the definition of “increased payment date”.\nRegulation 2(3) amends regulation 16 adding financial assistance scheme payments to the descriptions of income listed as retirement pension income in section 16(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3205/note",
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  "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."
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