Schedule 1, paragraph 3
140.Paragraph 3 amends section 5(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to include Pension Credit within the definition of the benefits to which section 5(1) of that Act applies. The effect is to confer power:
to prescribe in regulations the manner in which a claim to Pension Credit is to be made;
to prescribe time limits for claiming;
to disallow claims if they have not been made in the prescribed manner and within prescribed time limits;
to enable one person to act for another in relation to a claim;
to require evidence and information in relation to a claim;
to specify the date on which entitlement is to begin and the length of the award; and,
when the requirements for entitlement are satisfied, to provide for the revision or supersession of an award if the requirements are no longer satisfied.
141.The effect of the amendment inserting a new subsection (3A) into section 5 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 is that regulations may be made under paragraph (h) or (hh) of subsection (1) of that section requiring a person to provide information enabling a decision to be made on whether there should be an assessed income period and, if so, its length.
