4.—(1) Where a person falls within section 8(1) of the 2014 Act (choice of lump sum or survivor's pension under section 9 in certain cases), paragraphs (2) and (3) set out the period within which that person is to make any choice under section 8(2) of that Act to be paid—
(a)a lump sum under section 8 of that Act; or
(b)a state pension under section 9 of that Act (survivor's pension based on inheritance of deferred old state pension).
(2) Where the Secretary of State has issued a notice which confirms that the person may make the choice, the period is three months starting on the date in that notice (or, where there is more than one notice which confirms that the person may make that choice, the date in the most recent such notice).
(3) Where the person makes the choice before the Secretary of State has issued any such notice, the period—
(a)starts on the later of the date—
(i)the person claims a state pension; or
(ii)the person's spouse or civil partner died; and
(b)ends on the date the person makes the choice.
(4) A person may make a late choice after the period set out in this regulation in circumstances where—
(a)the Secretary of State considers it is reasonable in any particular case; and
(b)any amount paid by way of (or on account of) a lump sum under section 8(4) of the 2014 Act has been repaid to the Secretary of State—
(i)in full; and
(ii)in the currency in which that amount was originally paid.
(5) The amount of any lump sum to be paid to the person under section 8(4) is reduced to nil where the person makes a late choice under paragraph (4) to be paid a state pension under section 9 of the 2014 Act.