# The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002, Regulation 3: Further amendments to the principal Regulations relating to earnings

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In regulation 17A (earnings of an employed earner)—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “(3) and (4)”, there shall be substituted “(3), (4) and (4A)”;
(b) after paragraph (3)(d), there shall be added the following—
“;
(e) any payment of compensation made pursuant to an award by an employment tribunal in respect of unfair dismissal or unlawful discrimination”;
(c) after paragraph (4), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(4A) One half of any sum paid by a claimant by way of a contribution towards an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme shall, for the purpose of calculating his earnings in accordance with this regulation, be disregarded.”.
(2) In regulation 17B (earnings of self-employed earners)—
(a) before paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(za) “board and lodging accommodation” has the same meaning as in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule IV;”;
(b) at the end of regulation 12(2)(e) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 as given effect by paragraph (4)(b), there shall be added the words “being an award made by one of the Sports Councils named in section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 out of sums allocated to it for distribution under that section”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3197/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-no-2-regulations-2002/regulation-3
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