Paragraph 3 I1
Northern Ireland
In this Scheme a reference to a participating period of relevant employment is a reference to a period of employed contributor’s employment after 5th April 1961 and before state pensionable age other than —
(a)
service in the armed forces; and
(b)
non-participating employment at the end of which no payment in lieu of contributions fell to be made,
and for the purposes of this paragraph a period of employed contributor’s employment or of non-participating employment shall be treated as having continued during periods of holiday and temporary incapacity for work and similar temporary interruptions.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)