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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/105",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (2) omit the definition of “service user group”; and\n(b) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—\n(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—\n(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing, or\n(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,\nin their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or\n(b) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.\n(3) In regulation 17A(3)(f) (earnings of employed earners) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.\n(4) In regulation 18(7A) (notional income) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.\n(5) In regulation 24(3) (income paid to third parties) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.\n(6) In paragraph 9(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 2 (housing costs) for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.I. 2003/2175, S.R. 2004 No. 461, S.R. 2009 No. 338, S.R. 2010 No. 340 and S.R. 2011 No. 357"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “service user group” was inserted by regulation 5(2)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 17A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2003/2175 and paragraph (3)(f) was inserted by regulation 5(3) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph (7A) was added by regulation 5(4)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph (3) was inserted by regulation 14(4)(b) of S.R. 2011 No. 357"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph 9 was substituted by regulation 4(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 461 and amended by regulation 5 of S.R. 2007 No. 475. Sub-paragraph (2B) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2010 No. 340"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/105/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:07:20.101930+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}