The State Pension Regulations 2015 No. 173

[F1 PART 8 U.K. National Insurance Credits

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 8 inserted (6.4.2016 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The State Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/240), regs. 1, 2

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Crediting earnings or contributions in respect of a pre-commencement qualifying year

Credits under the 1975 Regulations U.K.

26.   A person is to be credited with the earnings or contributions to which the person would have been entitled under the 1975 Regulations for the purposes of entitlement to a Category A retirement pension had—

(a) the amendment made by paragraph 55 of Schedule 12 to the 2014 Act (which limits Category A retirement pensions to people who reach pensionable age before 6th April 2016) not come into force, and

(b) the person attained pensionable age on 6th April 2016.]