Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

4.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) At the end of regulation 15(5) (income for the purposes of the Act), add—

“(k) PPF periodic payments(2).”.

(3) In Schedule 1, Part 3 (amount applicable for former claimants of income support or income-related jobseeker’s allowance) for paragraph 6(9)(b) substitute—

“(b) any amount by which the appropriate minimum guarantee of a patient is increased on 10th April 2006 by virtue of the substitution of paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 3.”.

(4) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (further provisions in the case of patients), in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “in paragraph (a)” add “, and nil is the prescribed additional amount for the purposes of paragraph (b)”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/1792.

(2)

PPF periodic payments are defined in section 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 as amended by S.I. 2006/343.

(3)

Paragraph 2 was substituted by S.I. 2005/3360.