Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maximum Additional Pension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2010.

In these Regulations—

• “applicable limit” has the meaning given by section 44(7)(c)^f1;

• F1“relevant day” means the day on which the survivor would, but for section 43 (persons entitled to more than one retirement pension), have become entitled to both—

  1. (a)

     a Category A retirement pension; and

  2. (b)

     a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of a spouse or civil partner who has died,

     or would have become so entitled if the survivor’s entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension had not been deferred;

• “relevant year” has the meaning given by section 44(7)(a);

• “survivor” means a surviving spouse or surviving civil partner.

In these Regulations a reference to a section by number alone is a reference to the section so numbered in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.