Where state pension credit is payable to a person who reaches pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010, other than a person to whom regulation 22C(7) applies, it shall be paid weekly, fortnightly or four weekly (as the Secretary of State may in any case determine) in arrears on the day of the week specified in paragraph (2).

The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number—

The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that state pension credit be paid on any other day of the week.

Where the amount of state pension credit payable is less than £1.00 per week the Secretary of State may direct that it shall be paid in arrears at such intervals, not exceeding 13 weeks, as may be specified in the direction.