Part 1 State pension

Transition: pension sharing on divorce etc

13 Shared state pension on divorce etc

(1) A person is entitled to a state pension under this section if—

(a) the person has reached pensionable age, and

(b) the person is entitled to a state scheme pension credit.

(2) A state pension under this section is payable at the appropriate weekly rate set out in Schedule 8.

(3) The rate of the state pension for a person under this section is to be increased from time to time in accordance with the applicable paragraph of Schedule 9.

(4) A person may be entitled to more than one state pension under this section.

(5) There are provisions elsewhere that affect a person’s entitlement to a state pension under this section or the rate at which it is payable.

(6) In this Part—

• “state scheme pension credit” means—

  (a)

  a new state scheme pension credit, or

  (b)

  an old state scheme pension credit;

• “new state scheme pension credit” means a credit under section 49A(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;

• “old state scheme pension credit” means a credit under section 49(1)(b) of that Act.