Article 26 Amendment of the Social Security (Maximum Additional Pension) RegulationsI1

The Social Security (Maximum Additional Pension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “applicable limit” insert—

• ““relevant day” means the day on which the survivor would, but for section 43 (persons entitled to more than one retirement pension), have become entitled to both—

  1. (a)

     a Category A retirement pension; and

  2. (b)

     a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of a spouse or civil partner who has died,

or would have become so entitled if the survivor’s entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension had not been deferred;”.

In regulation 2 (prescribed maximum additional pension)—

After regulation 2, insert—

“Prescribed maximum additional pension for survivors who become entitled on or after 6th April 2016

2A.

(1)

This regulation applies to a survivor whose relevant day is on or after 6th April 2016.

(2)

For the purposes of section 52(3), the maximum additional pension shall be £165.60.”.