Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

In regulation 3 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) for paragraph (cb) substitute—

“(cb)

in the case of a Category B retirement pension where the beneficiary is entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit or to both and—

(i)

the spouse or civil partner of the beneficiary becomes entitled to a Category A retirement pension; or

(ii)

the beneficiary marries or enters into a civil partnership with a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension;”.