Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002
4.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(4) (persons not in Great Britain), for sub-paragraph (f) substitute—
“(f)a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 pursuant to—
(i)regulation 5 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004(2) (application of the 2006 Regulations in relation to a national of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia or the Slovak Republic who is an “accession State worker requiring registration”), or
(ii)regulation 6 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006(3) (right of residence of a Bulgarian or Romanian who is an “accession State national subject to worker authorisation”);”.
S.I. 2002/1792; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/1026, 2006/1981 and 2006/2528.
S.I. 2004/1219; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2006/1003.