Age-Related Payments Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions, are
published separately as Bill 92—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Smith has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Age-Related Payments Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.
Contents
Payments for 2004
1
“Qualifying individual” and “relevant week”
2
Entitlement: basic cases
3
Entitlement: special cases
4
Disqualifications
5
Procedure
6
Payment to be disregarded for tax and social security
Future payments
7
Power to provide for payments
General
8
Interpretation
9
Money
10
Extent
11
Citation