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The State Pension Regulations 2015
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PART 4Minimum Qualifying Period
Minimum number of qualifying years
13.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(3) of the 2014 Act (entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate), the minimum number of qualifying years(1) for a state pension payable at the reduced rate is ten.
(2) For the purposes of section 4(2) of the 2014 Act (entitlement to a state pension at transitional rate), the minimum number of qualifying years for a state pension payable at the transitional rate is ten.
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See section 2(4) of the Pensions Act 2014 for the definition of “qualifying year”.
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