PART II AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS AND PAYMENTS REGULATIONS
3. In regulation 2—
a
in paragraph (1)—
i
immediately before the definition of “appropriate office” insert—
“the 2002 Act” means the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“advance period” means the period specified in regulation 4E(2);
ii
immediately before the definition of “instrument for benefit payment” insert—
“guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the 2002 Act;
iii
after the definition of “personal pension scheme”M1 insert—
“qualifying age” has the same meaning as in the 2002 Act by virtue of section 1(6) of that Act;
b
in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (b), after the words “income support”, insert “
, state pension credit
”
;
c
after paragraph (3), insert—
4
In these Regulations, references to “beneficiary” include any person entitled to state pension credit.