19PrisonersE+W+S
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(1)Regulations may provide that a person is not to be paid a state pension under this Part for any period during which the person is a prisoner.
(2)“Prisoner” means a person (in Great Britain or elsewhere) who is—
(a)imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or
(b)unlawfully at large.
(3)In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.
Commencement Information
I1S. 19 in force at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into force earlier by an order, see s. 56(1)(4)
I2S. 19(1)(3) in force at 5.2.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/134, art. 2(1)(4)(g)