{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1529",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 13th July 2015\nLaid before Parliament 20th July 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 3ZA, 9(5) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 and section 28(3) of the Pensions Act 2014.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.4. Section 175(3) is applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16) by section 19(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c.16. Section 3ZA was inserted by paragraph 90 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c.19). Section 17(1) is cited for the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2014 c.19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5); paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1529/introduction",
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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."
}