# The Social Security (Maximum Additional Pension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe a maximum additional pension for the purposes of section 52(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”), which makes provision for the circumstances in which the additional pensions in the Category A retirement pension of a surviving spouse or a surviving civil partner should be increased up to that maximum.
Regulation 1 defines “applicable limit” by reference to section 44(7)(c) of the 1992 Act which in relation to any year before 2009-10, is the upper earnings limit and from 2009-10 onwards is the upper accrual point.
Regulation 2 sets the maximum additional pension as the amount of additional pension which a person would be entitled to based on an annual earnings factor of 53 times the applicable limit.
Regulation 3 revokes the Social Security (Maximum Additional Component) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 which had provided for a maximum additional pension based on the upper earnings limit. It also makes a consequential revocation of regulation 10 of the Social Security (Abolition of Earnings Rule) (Consequential) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989.
These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/62/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maximum-additional-pension-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/note
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