Regulation 5 Amendment of the State Pension Credit RegulationsI1

after the definition of “prisoner” insert—

• ““public authority” has the meaning given in section 75(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f2;”; and

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in paragraph (6)^f4 for “paragraph (7)” substitute “ the following paragraphs”; and

after paragraph (7)^f5 add—

“(7A)

Paragraph (6) shall not apply in respect of any amount of income other than earnings, or earnings of an employed earner, arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

for “payment under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 or the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005” substitute “pension or payment falling within Article 31(1)(a) or (b) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005^f7”;

for “the pension payable under either of those schemes” substitute “that pension or payment”; and

for “aggregate with the” substitute “aggregate with any”.