Article 28 Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975

(1)

The Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 7A (credits for carer’s allowance)—

(a)

in the heading, after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

after “carer’s allowance”, in both places it occurs, insert “or carer support payment”;

(ii)

after “would have been so payable but for” insert “regulation 16 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 or”;

(c)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

In this regulation “carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1975 No. 113; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1976 No. 99, S.R. 1978 No. 77, S.R. 1987 No. 153, S.R. 1988 No. 326, S.R. 1996 No. 430, S.R. 2002 No. 80, S.R. 2002 No. 323, S.R. 2005 No. 536, S.R. 2011 No. 291 and S.R. 2017 No. 66.