The State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/3205
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 18th December 2005.

Section 2 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In regulation 10 (assessed income period)—

(a) for paragraph (2)(a), substitute—

(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the arrangements under which the assessed amount is paid contain no provision for periodic increases in the amount payable; or

(b) in paragraph (5B) , in the definition of “increased payment date”, omit the words “under the claimant’s retirement pension scheme or annuity contract”.

(3) At the end of regulation 16 (retirement pension income), add—

(n) any payment made under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005 .