NIM41206 - Overview: »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp State Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp State Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No. 240)
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Social Security Credits Regulations (SSCR) 1975 (SI 1975 No. 556)
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (SSCBA) 1992
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse regulations came into force from 6 April 2016 and inserted ‘Part 8 National Insurance Creditsâ€� into the State Pension Regulations 2015.
Regulations 24 to 39 provide for the circumstances in which a person who reaches State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016 may qualify for National Insurance credits for the purposes of entitlement to a new State Pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.
Chapter 2 provides for credits awarded prior to 6 April 2016 under the SSCR 1975 and section 23A of the SSCBA 1992 to count towards the new State Pension.
Chapter 3 Regulation 29 provides that specified credits awarded under SSCR 1975 count towards the purposes of entitlement to the new State Pension for periods from April 2016.