The State Pension Regulations 2015

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1. Introductory Text

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   PART 1

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

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   PART 2

   1. 2. Prisoners who are not to be paid state pension

   2. 3. Paying state pension to persons who are remanded in custody

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   PART 3

   1. 4. When a choice of lump sum or survivor’s pension may be made

   2. 5. How a choice of lump sum or survivor’s pension may be made

   3. 6. Changing a choice of lump sum or survivor’s pension

   4. 7. How entitlement to a state pension may be suspended

   5. 8. Date from which a suspension of a state pension begins

   6. 9. Cancelling a suspension of a state pension

   7. 10. Percentage for the weekly rate of increases resulting from deferral of state pension

   8. 11. Days which are not included in determining the period of deferral

   9. 12. Part weeks treated as whole weeks in determining the amount of entitlement during deferral

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   PART 4

   1. 13. Minimum number of qualifying years

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   PART 5

   1. 14. Sharing of state pension scheme rights

7. Signature

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      SCHEDULE

      Amendments to other legislation – sharing of state pension rights

      1. 1. Amendment of the Sharing of State Scheme Rights (Provision of Information and Valuation) (No.2) Regulations 2000

      2. 2. Amendment of the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Pension Sharing) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

9. Explanatory Note