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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/1",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 44 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (Category A retirement pension) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) he satisfies the relevant conditions or condition;”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) In subsection (1)(b) above “the relevant conditions or condition” means—\n(a) in a case where the person attains pensionable age before 6th April 2010, the conditions specified in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5;\n(b) in a case where the person attains pensionable age on or after that date, the condition specified in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5A.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/1/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:29.509161+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."
}