PART IGENERAL
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force—
(a)for the purposes of this Part and Parts II, III and VII on 7th April 2003;
(b)for all other purposes on 6th October 2003.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the State Pension Credit Act 2002(1);
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2);
“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998(3);
“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(4);
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999(5);
“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 13(3) of the Act;
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(6).