{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2002/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2002/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3019",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 1",
  "text": "In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “the Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessment Regulations”, insert—\n““assessed income period” is to be construed in accordance with sections 6 and 9 of the State Pension Credit Act;”;\n(b) in the definition of “claimant” for the words “or section 35(1) of the Jobseekers Act”, substitute “ section 35(1) of the Jobseekers Act or section 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act ”;\n(c) after the definition of “relevant credit”, insert the following definitions—\n““state pension credit” means the benefit payable under the State Pension Credit Act;\n“State Pension Credit Act” means the State Pension Credit Act 2002 ;\n“State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 ;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Inserted by S.I. 2000/1596."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2002 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/1792."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:37:49.199933+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}