# The Additional Pension and Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Additional Pension and Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2002.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Pensions Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;
“the Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
“the 1994 Regulations” means the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994;
“appropriate personal pension scheme” means an appropriate scheme within the meaning of section 3B(6) of the Pensions Act;
“appropriate table” means—
(a)in the case of a person attaining pensionable age after the end of the year 2002-03 but before 6th April 2009, Table 5 of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act (additional pension);
(b)in the case of a person attaining pensionable age on or after 6th April 2009, Table 6 of paragraph 7(4) of that Schedule;
“contracted-out employment” means , subject to regulation 3(5), employed earner’s employment qualifying a person for a pension provided by a salary related contracted-out scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme or an appropriate personal pension scheme, as the case may be;
“contributions equivalent premium” has the meaning given in section 176(1) of the Pensions Act;
“money purchase contracted-out scheme” has the meaning given in section 3B(5) of the Pensions Act;
“non-contracted-out employment” means employed earner’s employment which is not contracted-out employment;
“salary related contracted-out scheme” has the meaning given in section 3B(4) of the Pensions Act;
“year” means a tax year.
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(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/440/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-pension-and-social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-1
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