1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order 2021.
(2) This Order comes into force on—
(a)22nd December 2021 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension)(1) to a person who reaches pensionable age(2) on or after 12th April 2022; and
(b)11th April 2022 for all other purposes.
(3) In this article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.
S.I. 1987/1968; regulation 15(1) was amended by S.I. 2005/1551 and 2015/1985.
For the meaning of “pensionable age” see section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, which refers to paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).