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PART 4U.K.Minimum Qualifying Period

Minimum number of qualifying yearsU.K.

13.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(3) of the 2014 Act (entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate), the minimum number of qualifying years M1 for a state pension payable at the reduced rate is ten.

(2) For the purposes of section 4(2) of the 2014 Act (entitlement to a state pension at transitional rate), the minimum number of qualifying years for a state pension payable at the transitional rate is ten.

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M1See section 2(4) of the Pensions Act 2014 for the definition of “qualifying year”.

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