The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/441
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 17th March 2008.

Section 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) for sub-paragraph (cb) substitute—

(cb) in the case of a Category B retirement pension where the beneficiary is entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit or to both and

(i) the spouse or civil partner of the beneficiary becomes entitled to a Category A retirement pension; or

(ii) the beneficiary marries or enters into a civil partnership with a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension;