{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-136",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-136.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/8",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992",
  "path": "section/136",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "136",
  "heading": "Up-rating under section 132 of pensions increased under section 52(3) of Contributions and Benefits Act.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in any case where a person is entitled to a Category A retirement pension with an increase, under section 52(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, in the additional pension on account of the contributions of a spouse or civil partner who has died.\n(2) Where in the case of any up-rating order under section 132 above—\n(a) the spouse’s or civil partner's final relevant year is the tax year preceding the tax year in which the up-rating order comes into force, but\n(b) the person’s final relevant year was an earlier tax year,\nthen the up-rating order shall not have effect in relation to that part of the additional pension which is attributable to the spouse’s or civil partner's contributions.\n(3) Where in the case of any up-rating order under section 132 above—\n(a) the person’s final relevant year is the tax year preceding the tax year in which the up-rating order comes into force, but\n(b) the spouse’s or civil partner's final relevant year was an earlier tax year,\nthen the up-rating order shall not have effect in relation to that part of the additional pension which is attributable to the person’s contributions.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 136 substituted (16.12.1995 subject to Sch. 2 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1(3), 127"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 136(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 117(a); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 136(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 117(b); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 136(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 117(b); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words 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/ukpga/1992/8/section/136",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:21.000621+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."
}