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Late claims.
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9.— (1) Section 241(2) of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in paragraph (a) (amended by section 26 of the Act of 2010) by substituting “6 months” for “12 months”, and
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(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):
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“(2A) In the case of a claim for—
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(a) State pension (transition) made before 5 April 2012, or
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(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,
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subsection (2)(a) shall be read as if ‘12 months’ were substituted for ‘6 months’.”.
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(2) This section comes into operation—
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(a) in so far as it relates to State pension (transition), on 5 April 2012, and
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(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.
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