http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseSOCIAL SECURITY2024-10-31Expert Participation2024-10-21 The Regulations contained in this Instrument are made either by virtue of, or in consequence of, provisions in the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16) (“the 2002 Act”). This Instrument is made before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions; the regulations in it are therefore exempt in accordance with section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement in section 172(2) of that Act to refer proposals to make Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and are made without reference to that Committee. PART III<Emphasis>Income</Emphasis> Calculation of weekly income171Except where paragraph (2) and (4) apply, for the purposes of calculating the weekly income of the claimant, where the period in respect of which a payment is made—adoes not exceed a week, the whole of that payment shall be included in the claimant’s weekly income;bexceeds a week, the amount to be included in the claimant’s weekly income shall be determined—iin a case where that period is a month, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 12 and dividing the product by 52;iiin a case where that period is three months, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 4 and dividing the product by 52;iiiin a case where that period is a year, by dividing the amount of the payment by 52;ivin any other case, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 7 and dividing the product by the number of days in the period in respect of which it is made.2Where—athe claimant’s regular pattern of work is such that he does not work the same hours every week; orbthe amount of the claimant’s income fluctuates and has changed more than once,the weekly amount of that claimant’s income shall be determined—iif, in a case to which sub-paragraph (a) applies, there is a recognised cycle of work, by reference to his average weekly income over the period of the complete cycle (including, where the cycle involves periods in which the claimant does no work, those periods but disregarding any other absences); oriiin any other case, on the basis of—aathe last two payments if those payments are one month or more apart;bbthe last four payments if the last two payments are less than one month apart; orccsuch other payments as may, in the particular circumstances of the case, enable the claimant’s average weekly income to be determined more accurately.3For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) the last payments are the last payments before the date the claim was made or treated as made or, if there is a subsequent supersession under section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 , the last payments before the date of the supersession.4If a claimant is entitled to receive a payment to which paragraph (5) applies, the amount of that payment shall be treated as if made in respect of a period of a year.5This paragraph applies to—aroyalties or other sums received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, design, patent or trade mark;bany payment in respect of any—ibook registered under the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982; oriiwork made under any international public lending right scheme that is analogous to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982;cany payment which is made on an occasional basis.6Where payments are made in a currency other than Sterling, the value of the payment shall be determined by taking the Sterling equivalent on the date the payment is made.7Income specified in Schedule IV is to be disregarded in the calculation of a claimant’s income.8Schedule V shall have effect so that—athe capital specified in Part I shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining a claimant’s income; andbthe capital specified in Part II shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining a claimant’s income under regulation 15(6).9The sums specified in Schedule VI shall be disregarded in calculating—athe claimant’s earnings; andbany amount to which paragraph (5) applies where the claimant is the first owner of the copyright, design, patent or trademark, or an original contributor to the book or work referred to in paragraph (5)(b).9AFor the purposes of paragraph (9)(b), and for that purpose only, the amounts specified in paragraph (5) shall be treated as though they were earnings.10 Subject to regulation 17B(6) (deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners), in the case of any income taken into account for the purpose of calculating a person’s income, there shall be disregarded—aany amount payable by way of tax;bany amount deducted by way of National Insurance Contributions under the 1992 Act or under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11In the case of the earnings of self-employed earners, the amounts specified in paragraph (10) shall be taken into account in accordance with paragraph (4) or, as the case may be, paragraph (10) of regulation 13 of the Computation of Earnings Regulations, as having effect in the case of state pension credit.1998 c. 14.1992 c. 7.Reg. 17(11) added (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(h)(iv)Reg. 17(5)(b) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), reg. 5(3)(b)Words in reg. 17(10) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(h)(iii)Reg. 17(10)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 5Reg. 17(9)(9A) substituted for reg. 17(9) (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(h)(ii)Reg. 17(9)(b) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), reg. 5(3)(c)Reg. 17(5)(a) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), reg. 5(3)(a)Word in reg. 17(10) substituted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 5
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For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) the last payments are the last payments before the date the claim was made or treated as made or, if there is a subsequent supersession under section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998
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<Text>This paragraph applies to—</Text>
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<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-f5cfe36ae24122ccd27bce92e9610f86-1577106497279" CommentaryRef="key-f5cfe36ae24122ccd27bce92e9610f86">a</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-f5cfe36ae24122ccd27bce92e9610f86-1577106497279" CommentaryRef="key-f5cfe36ae24122ccd27bce92e9610f86">royalties or other sums received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, design, patent or trade mark;</Substitution>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b" id="regulation-17-5-b">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">b</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">any payment in respect of any—</Substitution>
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b/i" id="regulation-17-5-b-i">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">i</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">book registered under the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982; or</Substitution>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b/ii" id="regulation-17-5-b-ii">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">ii</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6-1577106563887" CommentaryRef="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6">work made under any international public lending right scheme that is analogous to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982;</Substitution>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/c" id="regulation-17-5-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any payment which is made on an occasional basis.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/6" id="regulation-17-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where payments are made in a currency other than Sterling, the value of the payment shall be determined by taking the Sterling equivalent on the date the payment is made.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/7" id="regulation-17-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Income specified in Schedule IV is to be disregarded in the calculation of a claimant’s income.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8" id="regulation-17-8">
<Pnumber>8</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Schedule V shall have effect so that—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8/a" id="regulation-17-8-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the capital specified in Part I shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining a claimant’s income; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/8/b" id="regulation-17-8-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the capital specified in Part II shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining a claimant’s income under regulation 15(6).</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9" id="regulation-17-9">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">9</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">The sums specified in Schedule VI shall be disregarded in calculating—</Substitution>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9/a" id="regulation-17-9-a">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">a</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">the claimant’s earnings; and</Substitution>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9/b" id="regulation-17-9-b">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">b</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">
<Substitution ChangeId="key-f31c18ec1388c4d4517a8c071f5154c9-1577106608642" CommentaryRef="key-f31c18ec1388c4d4517a8c071f5154c9">any amount to which paragraph (5) applies where the claimant is the first owner of the copyright, design, patent or trademark, or an original contributor to the book or work referred to in paragraph (5)(b).</Substitution>
</Substitution>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9A" id="regulation-17-9A">
<Pnumber>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">9A</Substitution>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124-1564647574460" CommentaryRef="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124">For the purposes of paragraph (9)(b), and for that purpose only, the amounts specified in paragraph (5) shall be treated as though they were earnings.</Substitution>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10" id="regulation-17-10">
<Pnumber>10</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345-1564647920400" CommentaryRef="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345">Subject to regulation </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345-1564647920400" CommentaryRef="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345">
<Substitution ChangeId="key-f85b36f803a24a368a8dff9e62a6f98a-1564648118049" CommentaryRef="key-f85b36f803a24a368a8dff9e62a6f98a">17B(6)</Substitution>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345-1564647920400" CommentaryRef="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345"> (deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners),</Addition>
in the case of any income taken into account for the purpose of calculating a person’s income, there shall be disregarded—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/a" id="regulation-17-10-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any amount payable by way of tax;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/b" id="regulation-17-10-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
any amount deducted by way of National Insurance Contributions under the 1992 Act or under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
<CommentaryRef Ref="c262965"/>
;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/10/c" id="regulation-17-10-c">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-45227b47f6cf7a415e14842e375c9314"/>
c
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/11" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/11" id="regulation-17-11">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-132709e0e10bfba2837cbe93d72e4563-1564647644897" CommentaryRef="key-132709e0e10bfba2837cbe93d72e4563">11</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-132709e0e10bfba2837cbe93d72e4563-1564647644897" CommentaryRef="key-132709e0e10bfba2837cbe93d72e4563">In the case of the earnings of self-employed earners, the amounts specified in paragraph (10) shall be taken into account in accordance with paragraph (4) or, as the case may be, paragraph (10) of regulation 13 of the Computation of Earnings Regulations, as having effect in the case of state pension credit.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c262964" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/14" id="c00058" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="14">1998 c. 14</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c262965" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/7" id="c00059" Year="1992" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="7">1992 c. 7</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-132709e0e10bfba2837cbe93d72e4563" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 17(11) added (6.10.2003) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019" id="cgeptyws3-00018" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="3019" Title="The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002">The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00018" id="cgeptyws3-00019" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/1/2/b" SectionRef="regulation-1-2-b">regs. 1(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00018" id="cgeptyws3-00020" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/23/h/iv" SectionRef="regulation-23-h-iv" Operative="true">23(h)(iv)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-29d4f029552677685fa0857aa6c5d4c6" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cm4pieff3-00016" SectionRef="regulation-17-5-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/b">Reg. 17(5)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/583" id="cm4pieff3-00017" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="583" Title="The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009">The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cm4pieff3-00017" id="cm4pieff3-00018" SectionRef="regulation-5-3-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/583/regulation/5/3/b" Operative="true">reg. 5(3)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-3faae6a4c5c712046f62820df8e2a345" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 17(10) inserted (6.10.2003) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019" id="cgeptyws3-00036" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="3019" Title="The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002">The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00036" id="cgeptyws3-00037" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/1/2/b" SectionRef="regulation-1-2-b">regs. 1(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00036" id="cgeptyws3-00038" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/23/h/iii" SectionRef="regulation-23-h-iii" Operative="true">23(h)(iii)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-45227b47f6cf7a415e14842e375c9314" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 17(10)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3197" id="cgeptyws3-00061" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="3197" Title="The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002">The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00061" id="cgeptyws3-00062" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3197/regulation/1/1/b" SectionRef="regulation-1-1-b">reg. 1(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00061" id="cgeptyws3-00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3197/schedule/paragraph/5" SectionRef="schedule-paragraph-5" Operative="true">Sch. para. 5</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-70a29938ec1e907c0c923a088f80d124" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 17(9)(9A) substituted for reg. 17(9) (6.10.2003) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00009" id="cgeptyws3-00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/1/2/b" SectionRef="regulation-1-2-b">regs. 1(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00009" id="cgeptyws3-00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/23/h/ii" SectionRef="regulation-23-h-ii" Operative="true">23(h)(ii)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-f31c18ec1388c4d4517a8c071f5154c9" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cm4pieff3-00025" SectionRef="regulation-17-9-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/9/b">Reg. 17(9)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cm4pieff3-00026" id="cm4pieff3-00027" SectionRef="regulation-5-3-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/583/regulation/5/3/c" Operative="true">reg. 5(3)(c)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-f5cfe36ae24122ccd27bce92e9610f86" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cm4pieff3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-17-5-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/17/5/a">Reg. 17(5)(a)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/583" id="cm4pieff3-00008" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="583" Title="The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009">The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cm4pieff3-00008" id="cm4pieff3-00009" SectionRef="regulation-5-3-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/583/regulation/5/3/a" Operative="true">reg. 5(3)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-f85b36f803a24a368a8dff9e62a6f98a" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Word in reg. 17(10) substituted (6.10.2003) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00027" id="cgeptyws3-00028" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3197/regulation/1/1/b" SectionRef="regulation-1-1-b">reg. 1(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgeptyws3-00027" id="cgeptyws3-00029" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/3197/schedule/paragraph/5" SectionRef="schedule-paragraph-5" Operative="true">Sch. para. 5</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
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</Legislation>