State Pension Credit Act 2002
State Pension Credit Act 2002 (2002 c. 16)
- State Pension Credit Act 2002 (2002 c. 16)
- State pension credit: entitlement and amount
- 1 Entitlement
- 2 Guarantee credit
- 3 Savings credit
- 3ZA Power to limit savings credit for certain mixed-age couples
- 4 Exclusions
- Aggregation
- 5 Income and capital of claimant, spouse etc
- Retirement provision
- 6 Duty to specify assessed income period for pre-6 April 2016 awards
- 7 Fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period
- 8 Fresh determinations increasing claimant’s entitlement
- 9 Duration of assessed income period
- 10 Effect of variations under section 7(4)
- Miscellaneous and supplementary
- 11 Administration
- 12 Polygamous marriages
- 13 Transitional provisions
- 14 Minor and consequential amendments
- Interpretation of state pension credit provisions
- 15 Income and capital
- 16 Retirement pension income
- 17 Other interpretation provisions
- Effect of guaranteed minimum pension on social security benefits
- 18 Equal treatment for widows and widowers
- Final provisions
- 18A Pilot schemes
- 19 Regulations and orders
- 20 Financial provisions
- 21 Enactments repealed
- 22 Short title, commencement and extent
- SCHEDULES
- Schedule 1 Administration
- Part 1 Amendments of the Administration Act
- Introductory
- Entitlement dependent on making of claim etc
- Power by regulations to make rules relating to claims, time limits, evidence etc
- Part 2 Amendments of the Social Security Act 1998
- Introductory
- Use of computers
- Decisions by Secretary of State
- Regulations with respect to decisions
- Suspension of benefit for failure to furnish information etc
- Restrictions on entitlement to benefit in cases of error: definitions
- Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions
- Decisions against which no appeal lies
- Decisions against which appeal lies
- Part 3 Miscellaneous and supplementary
- Amount payable for periods of less than a week
- Schedule 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- Part 1 Amendments of the Contributions and Benefits Act
- Introductory
- Income support
- Effect of attaining qualifying age for state pension credit
- Interpretation of Part 7 and supplementary provisions
- Entitlement of pensioners to Christmas bonus
- Entitlement to Christmas bonus: supplementary
- Interpretation of provisions relating to Christmas bonus
- Part 2 Amendments of the Administration Act
- Introductory
- Payment out of benefit of sums in respect of mortgage interest etc
- Overpayments of benefit: general
- Adjustment of income support and other payments
- Interpretation of Part 6: enforcement
- Provisions relating to age, death or marriage
- Regulations as to notification of death
- Provision of information by personal representatives as to estate of deceased person
- Annual up-rating of benefits
- Effect of alterations affecting state pension credit
- Adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated Fund
- Adjustments between social fund and other sources of finance
- The Social Security Advisory Committee
- Reciprocal agreements with countries outside the United Kingdom
- Payment of travelling expenses by Secretary of State
- Certain benefits to be inalienable
- Interpretation: general
- Part 3 Amendments of other Acts
- Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
- Transport Act 1982
- Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987
- Local Government Finance Act 1988
- Children Act 1989
- Criminal Justice Act 1991
- Local Government Finance Act 1992
- Jobseekers Act 1995
- Pensions Act 1995
- Social Security Act 1998
- Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Local Government Act 2000
- Social Security Fraud Act 2001
- Schedule 3 Enactments repealed
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