Transitional provisions
3.—(1) A claim for a retirement pension of any category or graduated retirement benefit made during the period from 6th April 2005 to 5th April 2006 in respect of any day in that period shall be treated as made on that day if on that day, apart from satisfying the condition of making a claim, the claimant satisfies the other conditions of entitlement for that pension or benefit or both.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies regulation 19 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (time for claiming benefit) shall not apply.
(3) This regulation shall not apply to claims for a Category A or Category B retirement pension or graduated retirement benefit made in accordance with regulation 30(5) of the Claims and Payments Regulations (payments on death).