{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/679",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability and Carer Benefits) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of the State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "text": "(1) The State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 28(4)(a)(i) (credits for spouses and civil partners of members of Her Majesty’s forces), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”.\n(3) In regulation 29(2)(b) (credits under the 1975 regulations), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”.\n(4) In regulation 33(4)(a)(i) (credits for spouses and civil partners of members of Her Majesty’s forces), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”.\n(5) In regulation 37(4) (credits for persons engaged in caring), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) pension age disability payment in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 in circumstances where the person is resident in Northern Ireland and regulation 45(1) of those Regulations applies;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2015 No. 315, Part 8; as inserted by S.R. 2016 No. 100. There are other amending instruments, but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2024/166."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/679/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:25.955213+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."
}