Amendment of the Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2005
3.—(1) Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2005 (amount of retirement pension not included in the calculation of the lump sum)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (1)(a)(iii) insert—
“(iv)state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;”.
(3) After paragraph (1)(a) insert—
“(aa)in the case of a deferrer who was a member of a couple, the other member of the couple was in receipt of—
(i)income support under section 124 of the Act;
(ii)income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995;
(iii)state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002; or
(iv)income-related employment and support allowance under section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;”.
(4) In paragraphs (2) and (4), after “paragraph (1)(a)” insert “or (aa)”.
(5) After paragraph (5) insert—
“(5A) In paragraph (1), “couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Act.”.
(6) This regulation applies only in respect of an accrual period, or part of an accrual period, falling on or after 6th April 2011.
S.I. 2005/453. Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2005/1551 and S.I. 2005/2878.