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The State Pension Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004 — laid before Parliament 15th March 2004
Corporate Author	Department for Work and Pensions - DWP
Publisher	HMSO, London, 8 March 2004
Pages	4 pp (Statutory Instruments 2004, no 647)
Source	The Stationery Office, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN.
Keywords	Social security benefits ; Pensions ; Income tax [older people] ; Statutory instruments.
Annotation	These Regulations amend the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/991) and the State Pensions Credit Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2019). Regulation 2 provides that, where a state pension credit claimant aged 65+ is awarded housing costs, a change in a non-dependant's circumstances which reduces the award shall take effect 26 weeks after the change occurred. Regulation 3 amends the provision in the 2002 Regulations relating to the date which occupational pensions increase. It also inserts a new provision respect of treatment of final payments of income, and amends the Regulations to provide that a person shall not be treated as depriving himself of a capital resource if he disposes of it for the purpose of paying of reducing a debt, or in certain cases, purchasing goods or services. The date of the Regulations coming into force is 5th April 2004. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040715002 P
Classmark	JH: JJ: JT: 6PH *
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