Article 19 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the Act), after sub-paragraph (qc) insert—

“(qd)
disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.

(3)

In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income), in paragraph 20(2), after head (s) insert—

“(t)
disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.

Annotations

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.