Section 19 PrisonersI1I2
Northern Ireland
Regulations may provide that a person is not to be paid a state pension under this Part for any period during which the person is a prisoner.
“Prisoner” means a person (in Northern Ireland or elsewhere) who is—
imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or
unlawfully at large.
In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 19 in operation at 16.7.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(2)(g)
- I2
S. 19 in operation at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into operation earlier by an order, see s. 53(1)(3)
Notes on Part 1
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 1 excluded by S.I. 2007/1398, reg. 8(3) as amended (6.4.2016 coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b)) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 30(4)(a)
- C2
Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/188), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
- C3
Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/189), arts. 1, 2
- C4
Pt. 1 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- C5
Pt. 1 modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/357), arts. 1(2), 2, Sch.
- C6
Pt. 1 modified (9.9.2021) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/277), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(h), Sch.
- C7
Pt. 1 modified (19.10.2023) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/181), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.
- C8
Pt. 1 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), arts. 1(3), 2(2)(h)