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State Pension Credit Act 2002

Schedule 2, paragraph 17

162.Paragraph 17 inserts a new section 159B into the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The new section provides for the Secretary of State to make a routine adjustment of a person’s Pension Credit in consequence of benefit uprating.

163.Subsections (2) and (3) of section 159B allow Pension Credit to continue being paid after its amount is adjusted without the need for the Secretary of State to make a further decision on the award.

164.Subsections (4) and (5) allow an award of Pension Credit made in the period after the uprated amounts have been announced, but before they have started to have effect, to take account of the new rates.

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