{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-regulations-2015/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-regulations-2015/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/173",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Credits for being a foster parent",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person is to be credited with a Class 3 contribution in respect of a week in which the person is a foster parent and is—\n(a) ordinarily resident in Great Britain, and\n(b) not undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a foster parent is a person approved as—\n(a) a foster parent in accordance with Part 5 (approval of foster parents) of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011,\n(b) a kinship carer in accordance with Part 5 (kinship care) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009,\n(c) a foster carer in accordance with Part 7 (fostering) of those Regulations, or\n(d) a foster parent in accordance with Part 2 (approvals and placements) of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.\n(3) A person is not entitled to be credited with a Class 3 contribution under paragraph (1) unless an application to be so credited is received by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in accordance with regulation 39.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 8 inserted (6.4.2016 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The State Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/240), regs. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/173/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:30.301367+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."
}