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Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002
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3.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002() are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) for the definition of “benefit week” substitute—
““benefit week” means—
(a)
where state pension credit is paid in advance, the period of 7 days beginning on the day on which, in the claimant’s case, that benefit is payable;
(b)
where state pension credit is paid in arrears, the period of 7 days ending on the day on which, in the claimant’s case, that benefit is payable.”.
(3) In regulation 13A() (part-weeks)—
(a)omit paragraph (2);
(b)in paragraph (3)(a), omit the words “, taking into account the requirements of paragraph (2),”; and
(c)in paragraph (3), omit the words from “any fraction” to the end.
(4) In regulation 13B() (date on which benefits are treated as paid) for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) All benefits except those mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be treated as paid—
(a)where the benefit is paid in advance, on the first day of the benefit week in which the benefit is payable;
(b)where the benefit is paid in arrears, on the last day of the benefit week in which the benefit is payable.”.
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