Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These regulations may be cited as the Age-Related Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2005.

In these Regulations—

• “guarantee credit” has the meaning given by section 17 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f1;

• “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2;

• “income support” means income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f3;

• “nursing home” has the meaning given by Article 11 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation)(Northern Ireland) Order 2003^f4;

• “qualifying individual”—

  1. (a)

     in Part II means an individual who—

     1. (i)

        is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on at least one day in the relevant week;

     2. (ii)

        has attained the age of 65 years on or before the last day of the relevant week; and

     3. (iii)

        is—

        1. (aa)

           single and not in receipt of guarantee credit; or

        2. (bb)

           part of a couple of which neither member is in receipt of guarantee credit; and

  2. (b)

     in Part III means an individual who—

     1. (i)

        is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on at least one day in the relevant week;

     2. (ii)

        has attained the age of 70 years on or before the last day of the relevant week; and

     3. (iii)

        is—

        1. (aa)

           single and in receipt of guarantee credit; or

        2. (bb)

           part of a couple of which either member is in receipt of guarantee credit;

• “the relevant week” means the week beginning with (and including) Monday 19th September 2005 and ending with Sunday 25th September 2005;

• “residential care home” has the meaning given by Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation)(Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and

• “savings credit” has the meaning given by Article 17 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.

These regulations shall apply, with any necessary modifications, to the parties to a polygamous marriage as if they together formed one couple.