{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/411",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “shared additional pension” after “section 55A” insert “or 55AA”;\n(b) after the definition of “war pension death benefit” insert—\n““widowed mother’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widowed mother’s allowance);”; and\n(c) after the definition of “widowed parent’s allowance” insert—\n““widow’s pension” means a pension referred to in section 38 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widow’s pension).”.\n(3) In regulation 4 (adjustment of certain personal benefits where certain other personal benefits are payable)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a) after “the Welfare Reform Act” insert “, Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(f) for “paragraph (4)” substitute “paragraphs (4) and (4A)”;\n(c) in paragraph (4) at the beginning insert “Except where paragraph (4A) applies,”; and\n(d) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) Where the person is entitled to additional pension, a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 and either widow’s pension or widowed mother’s allowance, paragraph (1) shall require the adjustment of additional pension.”.\n(4) In Schedule 1 (personal benefits which are required to be adjusted by certain benefits)—\n(a) in column (1) (personal benefit), after paragraph 4 insert—\n“4A. State pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015”; and\n(b) in column (2) (other personal benefit by reference to which the benefit in column (1) is to be adjusted), after paragraph 4 insert—\n“4A. Unemployability supplement and training allowance”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in operation at 6.4.2016, see art. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1979 No. 242; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986 No. 1888 (N.I. 18); S.R. 1992 No. 557; S.R. 1996 No. 289; S.R. 2001 No. 108; S.R. 2005 No. 299; S.R. 2008 No. 286 and S.I. 2013/3021"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “shared additional pension” was inserted by regulation 4(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 299"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “widowed parent’s allowance” was inserted by regulation 7(2)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 108"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 4(1) was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1992 No. 557, amended by regulation 11(3) of S.R 1996 No. 289 and sub-paragraph (a) was amended by regulation 9(3) of S.R. 2008 No. 286"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph (2)(f) was amended by Article 19(1)(b) of S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph (4) was amended by Article 19(1)(b) of S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Column 1 of Schedule 1 was amended by Article 13(5)(a) of S.I. 2013/3021; paragraph 4 of column 1 has amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/411/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:17.199839+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}