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Regulation 5 Amendment of the State Pension Credit RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003f1 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 1998f2;”; and

F1(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

After regulation 17A(3)(e)f3 (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)f4 for “paragraph (7)” substitute “ the following paragraphs”; and

(b)

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.”.

(5)

In Schedule 4 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 1(cc)f6—

(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 2005f7”;

(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”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 5(2)(b) revoked (28.4.2014) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/105), regs. 1(1), 9

Commencement

I1

Reg. 5 comes into operation in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 2003 No. 28

f2

1998 c. 47

f3

Paragraph 17A(3) was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2003/2175

f4

Paragraph (6) was amended by regulation 12(3)(a) of S.R. 2006 No. 104

f5

Paragraph (7) was added by regulation 12(3)(b) of S.R. 2006 No. 104

f6

Sub-paragraph (cc) was inserted by regulation 2(8)(a) and (9)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 98 and amended by regulation 4(4)(a)(iii) of S.R. 2008 No. 498

f7

S.I. 2005/439