PART I GENERAL
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002.
2
These Regulations shall come into force—
a
for the purposes of this Part and Parts II, III and VII on 7th April 2003;
b
for all other purposes on 6th October 2003.
3
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M1;
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M2;
“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998 M3;
“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M4;
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 M5;
“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 13(3) of the Act;
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 M6.