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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9N.I.PENSION SHARING: UP-RATING STATE PENSION UNDER SECTION 13

IntroductionN.I.

3—(1) In this Schedule “the total amount of any state pension that has priority”, in relation to a person's state pension under section 13, means the sum of—N.I.

(a)the rate of any state pension to which the person is entitled under section 2, 4 or 12,

(b)the rate of any state pension to which the person is entitled under section 7, F1. . .

[F2(ba)the rate of any state pension to which the person is entitled under regulations made under section 10 which make provision corresponding or similar to section 7 and Schedules 3 and 4, and]

(c)the rate of any earlier state pension to which the person is entitled under section 13 (see sub-paragraph (2)).

(2) Where a person is entitled to two or more state pensions under section 13 because he or she has become entitled to two or more state scheme pension credits, a pension arising because of an earlier credit is an “earlier” state pension for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c).