{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2017/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/66",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) omit the definition of “bereavement benefit”.\n(3) In regulation 2(2) (exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc.) for “bereavement benefit” substitute “widowed parent’s allowance”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1984 No. 92; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 108"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “bereavement benefit” was inserted by regulation 9(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 108"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 2(2) was amended by regulation 9(3) of S.R. 2001 No.108; there are other amendments to regulation 2 which are not relevant to this Order"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/66/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:52:50.986345+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."
}