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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th October 2002.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “additional pension” means an additional pension derived from contributions or earnings factors in any tax year beginning after 5th April 1978 and ending before 6th April 2002;

  • “pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1;

  • “widowed parent’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39Af2 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 6.10.2002, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)

f2

Sections 39A to 39C were inserted by Article 52(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999