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.