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Age-Related Payments Act 2004

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Age-Related Payments Act 2004[1]
Long titleAn Act to make provision for payments by the Secretary of State to persons over the age of 70; and to enable provision to be made for payments by the Secretary of State to persons over the age of 60.
Citation2004 c. 10
Territorial extent England and Wales and Scotland[2]
Dates
Royal assent8 July 2004
Commencement8 July 2004.[3]
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Age-Related Payments Act 2004 (c. 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Equivalent provision is made for Northern Ireland by the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1987) (NI 11).[4]

Section 2 - Entitlement: basic cases

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The word "or" at the end of section 2(3)(b)(i) is prospectively inserted by section 9(3)(a) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009.

Section 2(3)(b)(iii), with the preceding "or", is prospectively repealed by sections 9(3)(b) and 58(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, that Act.

Section 7 - Power to provide for payments

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The Age-Related Payments Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1983) were made under this section.

Section 8 - Interpretation

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The definition of "income support" in section 8(1) is prospectively repealed by sections 9(3)(b) and 58(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009.

References

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  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 11 of this Act.
  2. ^ The Age-Related Payments Act 2004, section 10
  3. ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
  4. ^ Explanatory memorandum to the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, paragraph 4
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