Regulation 3 Amendment of the State Pension Credit RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “miscarriage of justice compensation payment”^f2 insert—

““Mother and Baby Scheme payment” means a payment under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme established by the Irish Government under section 5 of the Irish Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023;”;

(b)

in the definition of “qualifying person”^f3 after “an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” insert “, a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.

(3)

In regulation 5(1D)^f4 (persons treated as being or not being members of the same household) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

paragraph (1A)(a), (b) or (c) applied to the person when the public information was issued or the evacuation began;”.

(4)

In paragraph 14(8) (persons residing with the claimant) of Schedule 2 (housing costs) after head (be)^f5 insert—

“(bea)

any Mother and Baby Scheme payment;”.

(5)

In paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 (income from capital)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1A)^f6 after “LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” insert “, Mother and Baby Scheme payment”;

(b)

in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6)^f7 after “an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” insert “, a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in operation at 30.10.2026, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 Nos. 536 and 550, S.R. 2010 No. 69, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219, S.R. 2020 No. 108, S.R. 2021 No. 345, S.R. 2023 Nos. 97 and 184 and S.R. 2025 Nos. 24, 122 and 136
f2: The definition of “miscarriage of justice compensation payment” was inserted by regulation 4(2)(a) of S.R. 2025 No. 122
f3: The definition of “qualifying person” was amended by S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 No. 550, S.R. 2010 No. 69, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219, S.R. 2020 No. 108, S.R. 2021 No. 345, S.R. 2023 Nos. 97 and 184, S.R. 2025 Nos. 24 and 122
f4: Regulation 5(1D) was inserted by regulation 6(3)(c) of S.R. 2025 No. 136
f5: Head (be) was inserted by regulation 5(3) of S.R. 2025 No. 24
f6: Sub-paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 4(4)(a)(ii) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and amended by S.R. 2021 No. 345, S.R. 2023 No. 97 and S.R. 2025 Nos. 24 and 122
f7: Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6) were amended by S.R. 2020 No. 108, S.R. 2021 No. 345, S.R. 2023 No. 97 and S.R. 2025 Nos. 24 and 122. Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) were also amended by S.R. 2005 No. 536 and S.R. 2010 No. 69