SCHEDULES
Schedule 1Administration
Part 1Amendments of the Administration Act
I1I41Introductory
Part 1 of the Administration Act (claims, evidence, and regulations about claims and payment) is amended as follows.
I2I52Entitlement dependent on making of claim etc
In section 1 (which makes entitlement dependent on the making of a claim and production etc of national insurance numbers and other evidence, and limits backdating to 12 months etc) in subsection (4) (benefits to which the section applies) after “(aa) a jobseeker’s allowance;” insert—
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state pension credit;
I3I63Power by regulations to make rules relating to claims, time limits, evidence etc
1
Section 5 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2) (benefits to which the section applies) after paragraph (aa) insert—
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state pension credit;
3
After subsection (3) insert—
3A
The references in paragraphs (h) and (hh) of subsection (1) above to information or evidence needed for the determination of a claim or of any question arising in connection with a claim or (as the case may be) for a determination whether a decision on an award should be revised or should be superseded, includes, in the case of state pension credit, a reference to information or evidence as to the likelihood of future changes in a person’s circumstances which is needed for determining—
a
whether a period should be specified as an assessed income period under section 6 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 in relation to any decision; and
b
if so, the length of the period to be so specified.