Amendment of regulation 32
11. In regulation 32(1) (information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit) –
(a)in paragraph (3), after “income support”, there shall be inserted “, state pension credit”; and
(b) after paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraph –
“(6) This regulation shall apply in the case of state pension credit subject to the following modifications –
(a)at the end of an assessed income period, the information and evidence required to be notified in accordance with this regulation includes information and evidence as to the likelihood of future changes in the claimant’s circumstances needed to determine –
(i)whether a period should be specified as an assessed income period under section 6 of the 2002 Act in relation to any decision, and
(ii)if so, the length of the period to be so specified; and
(b)except to the extent that sub-paragraph (a) applies, changes to an element of the claimant’s retirement provision need not be notified if an assessed income period is current in his case.”.
Regulation 32 was amended by regulation 2(16)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 354, regulation 6(3) of S.R. 1992 No. 453, regulation 5(4) of S.R. 1995 No. 367, regulation 2(16)(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 354 and paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2001 No. 175