The State Pension Regulations 2015

[F1Modification of the amount of an increment for an overseas residentU.K.

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22.(1) Subject to regulation 23, this regulation applies in cases where, during any part of the deferral period, a person has been an overseas resident.

(2) For any part of the deferral period during which the person was an overseas resident and was not in Great Britain or a territory specified in regulation 21(6), section 17(4) of the 2014 Act is modified to provide that the amount of an increment is equal to a percentage specified in regulations of the weekly rate of the state pension to which the person would have been entitled immediately before the start of that part of the deferral period if the person’s entitlement had not been deferred.

(3) For any part of the deferral period during which the person was not an overseas resident, section 17(4) of the 2014 Act is modified to provide that the amount of an increment is equal to a specified percentage of the weekly rate of the state pension to which the person would have been entitled immediately before the end of that part of the deferral period if the person’s entitlement had not been deferred.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pts. 6, 7 inserted (6.4.2016 immediately after S.I. 2015/173 comes into force) by The State Pension and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/199), reg. 4 (with reg. 1(5))