88E+W+SThe State Pension Credit Act 2002 is amended as follows.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 88 in force at 7.7.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1475, art. 2(2)(a)
I2Sch. 12 para. 88 in force at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into force earlier by an order, see s. 56(1)(4)
89E+W+SIn section 3 (savings credit), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)The first of the conditions mentioned in section 1(2)(c)(ii) is that the claimant—
(a)has attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and has attained the age of 65 (before, on or after that date), or
(b)is a member of a couple, the other member of which falls within paragraph (a).”
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 12 para. 89 in force at 6.4.2016, see s. 56(1)(4)
90E+W+SAfter that section insert—
(1)Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases, a person who is a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit.
(2)For example, the regulations could provide that a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit unless—
(a)the person has been awarded a savings credit with effect from a day before 6 April 2016 and was entitled to a savings credit immediately before that date, and
(b)the person remained entitled to state pension credit at all times since the beginning of 6 April 2016.
(3)In this section “mixed-age couple” means a couple (whenever formed) one member of which had attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and the other had not.”
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 12 para. 90 in force at 7.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1475, art. 2(2)(d)
91E+W+SIn Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act 2007, omit paragraph 44.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 12 para. 91 in force at 6.4.2016, see s. 56(1)(4)