Amendments to the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002
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10.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002() are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “attendance allowance” omit paragraphs (c) and (d); and
(b)in the definition of “enactment” after “Parliament” insert “or the National Assembly for Wales”.
(3) In regulation 2(4) (persons not in Great Britain)—
(a)for sub-paragraph (h) substitute—
“(h)a person who has been granted leave or who is deemed to have been granted leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (where that leave is—
(i)discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;
(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession(); or
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005();”;
(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (hh) add “or”; and
(c)omit sub-paragraph (j) and (k).
(4) In paragraph 20A(2)(j) of Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income), for “paragraph 17” substitute “paragraph 18”.
(5) In paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 6 (sums disregarded from claimant’s earnings)—
(a)omit paragraph (a);
(b)omit paragraph (aa);
(c)omit paragraph (ab); and
(d)before paragraph (b) insert—
“(a)a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service established under section 1A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;”.