# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 5: Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “prisoner” insert—
““public authority” has the meaning given in section 75(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;”; and
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) After regulation 17A(3)(e) (earnings of employed earners) insert—
“(f) any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.
(4) In regulation 18 (notional income)—
(a) in paragraph (6) for “paragraph (7)” substitute “ the following paragraphs”; and
(b) after paragraph (7) 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.”.
(5) In Schedule 4 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 1(cc)—
(a) 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”;
(b) for “the pension payable under either of those schemes” substitute “that pension or payment”; and
(c) for “aggregate with the” substitute “aggregate with any”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/338/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-5
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