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State Pension Credit Act 2002

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  1. Introduction

  2. Summary

  3. Background to the Act

    1. Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG)

  4. The New Pension Credit

    1. The guarantee credit

    2. The savings credit

    3. The claims process

    4. The position of those claiming Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit

    5. Pension Credit – legal framework

  5. Equal Treatment for Widows and Widowers

    1. Background and Summary

  6. Commentary on Sections

    1. Sections 1 to 4: Entitlement and amount

    2. Section 1: Entitlement

    3. Section 2: Guarantee credit

    4. Section 3: Savings credit

    5. Section 4: Exclusions

    6. Aggregation

      1. Section 5: Income and capital of claimant, spouse

      2. Sections 6 to 10: Retirement provision

      3. Section 6: Duty to specify assessed income period

      4. Section 7: Fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period

      5. Section 8: Fresh determinations increasing claimant’s entitlement

      6. Section 9: Duration of assessed income period

      7. Section 10: Effect of variations under section 7(4)

      8. Sections 11 to 14: Miscellaneous and supplementary

      9. Section 11: Administration

      10. Section 12: Polygamous marriages

      11. Section 13: Transitional provisions

      12. Section 14: Minor and consequential amendments

      13. Sections 15 to 17: Interpretation of State Pension Credit provisions

      14. Section 15: Income and capital

      15. Section 16: Retirement pension income

      16. Section 17: Other interpretation provisions

    7. Effect of guaranteed minimum pension on social security benefits

      1. Section 18: Equal treatment for widows and widowers

    8. Final provisions

      1. Section 19: Regulations and orders

    9. Schedules

      1. Schedule 1: Administration

      2. Schedule 1, paragraph 2

      3. Schedule 1, paragraph 3

      4. Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 to 12

      5. Schedule 1, paragraph 13

      6. Schedule 2: Minor and consequential amendments

      7. Schedule 2, paragraph 2

      8. Schedule 2, paragraph 3

      9. Schedule 2, paragraphs 5 to 7

      10. Schedule 2, paragraph 9

      11. Schedule 2, paragraph 10

      12. Schedule 2, paragraph 11

      13. Schedule 2, paragraph 12

      14. Schedule 2, paragraph 13

      15. Schedule 2, paragraph 14

      16. Schedule 2, paragraph 15

      17. Schedule 2, paragraph 16

      18. Schedule 2, paragraph 17

      19. Schedule 2, paragraph 23

      20. Schedule 2, paragraph 25

      21. Schedule 2, paragraph 26

      22. Schedule 2, paragraphs 27 and 29

      23. Schedule 2, paragraph 28

      24. Schedule 2, paragraph 30

      25. Schedule 2, paragraph 31

      26. Schedule 2, paragraphs 32 to 35

      27. Schedule 2, paragraphs 37 and 38

      28. Schedule 2, paragraph 41

      29. Schedule 2, paragraph 43

      30. Schedule 2, paragraphs 44 to 49

  7. Commencement

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