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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/353",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes amendments to the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”) and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) which are consequential on the introduction of State Pension for persons reaching pensionable age on or after 6 April 2016 by the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.\nArticle 2 amends sections 139 to 139D of the Administration Act. These provisions provide for an up-rated amount of certain payments to be taken into account in the calculation of income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, state pension credit and universal credit. The amendments provide that where the rate of the relevant income-related benefit is to be altered because the rate of State Pension in payment to the recipient or their partner is to be up-rated, this alteration will be made automatically without the need for a further decision by the Department.\nArticle 3 amends paragraph 17 of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Order to provide for a right of appeal against a decision as to whether a person is to be credited with earnings or contributions for the purposes of entitlement to the State Pension under regulations made under section 22(5ZA) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.\nArticle 4 makes a consequential amendment to a provision in the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/353/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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