Introductory
1
Part 1 of the Administration Act (claims, evidence, and regulations about claims and payment) is amended as follows.
State Pension Credit Act 2002 Part 1 — Amendments of the Administration Act
Entitlement dependent on making of claim etc
2
In section 1 (which makes entitlement dependent on the making of a claim and production etc of national insurance numbers and other evidence, and limits backdating to 12 months etc) in subsection (4) (benefits to which the section applies) after “(aa) a jobseeker’s allowance;” insert— (ab) state pension credit;
Power by regulations to make rules relating to claims, time limits, evidence etc
3
(1) Section 5 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2) (benefits to which the section applies) after paragraph (aa) insert— (ab) state pension credit; (3) After subsection (3) insert— (3A) The references in paragraphs (h) and (hh) of subsection (1) above to information or evidence needed for the determination of a claim or of any question arising in connection with a claim or (as the case may be) for a determination whether a decision on an award should be revised or should be superseded, includes, in the case of state pension credit, a reference to information or evidence as to the likelihood of future changes in a person’s circumstances which is needed for determining— (a) whether a period should be specified as an assessed income period under section 6 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 in relation to any decision; and (b) if so, the length of the period to be so specified.
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