Social Welfare Act 2011

Late claims.

9.— (1) Section 241(2) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a) (amended by section 26 of the Act of 2010) by substituting “6 months” for “12 months”, and

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) In the case of a claim for—

(a) State pension (transition) made before 5 April 2012, or

(b) State pension (contributory), widow’s (con-tributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension and guardian’s payment (contributory) made before 6 April 2012,

subsection (2)(a) shall be read as if ‘12 months’ were substituted for ‘6 months’.”.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to State pension (transition), on 5 April 2012, and

(b) in so far as it relates to State pension (contributory), widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension and guardian’s payment (contributory), on 6 April 2012.