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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/411",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “the benefit Acts” for “ and Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act” substitute “, Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act and Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.\n(3) In paragraph 12(1)(c) (additional condition for the Higher Pensioner and Disability Premiums) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) after “that Act” insert “or a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in operation at 6.4.2016, see art. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2003 No. 191 and S.R 2008 No. 286"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “the benefit Acts” was inserted by regulation 12(2)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 286"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 12(1)(c) of Schedule 2 was substituted by regulation 24(5)(e) of S.R. 2003 No. 191"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/411/article/8",
    "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."
}