Article 11 Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of “benefit” after “the Act” insert “, a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (offsetting prior payment against subsequent award)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)^f2 in Case 1 after “section 55A” insert “or 55AA”;

(b)

in paragraph (6)^f3 after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
section 8 or 9 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; or

(d)
regulations made under section 10 of that Act which make provision corresponding or similar to section 8 or 9 of that Act,”.

(4)

In regulation 8(1) (duplication and prescribed payments) before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)
a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.

(5)

After regulation 15(2)(a) (recovery by deduction from prescribed benefits) insert—

“(aa)
a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 11 in operation at 6.4.2016, see art. 1(b)

Footnotes

f1: S.R.1988 No. 142; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2005 No. 299
f2: Regulation 5(2) was amended by regulation 7 of S.R. 2005 No. 299
f3: Paragraph (6) was inserted by S.R. 2006 No. 113