2008 No. 441
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.
[In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 he has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it.]
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 17th March 2008.
Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19872
1
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19872 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 33 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) for sub-paragraph (cb) substitute—
cb
in the case of a Category B retirement pension where the beneficiary is entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit or to both and
i
the spouse or civil partner of the beneficiary becomes entitled to a Category A retirement pension; or
ii
the beneficiary marries or enters into a civil partnership with a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension;
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(This note is not part of the Regulations)