Regulation 2 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland)I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 2A (additional amount applicable for claimants responsible for a child or qualifying young person)—

(a)

in paragraph 2(1) (general), after the definition of “child”, insert—

““foster parent” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f2;”

(b)

in paragraph 4(3) (child or qualifying young person looked after by an authority)—

(i)

at the end of head (a), omit “or”;

(ii)

at the end of head (b), for “.” substitute “; or”;

(iii)

after head (b), insert—

“(c)

during which the child or qualifying young person is placed for adoption under the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987^f3.”.

Annotations

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; Schedule 2A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2018 No. 135
f2: S.R. 2016 No. 216
f3: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)