Regulation 3 Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) immediately before the definition of “the Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions Regulations”^f2 there shall be inserted the following definition –

““shared additional pension” means a shared additional pension under section 55A of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 4(1)^f3 (modification of the Act etc.) after “retirement pension of any category” there shall be inserted “, a shared additional pension”.

(4)

In regulation 5(3)(c)^f4 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) –

(a)

after “retirement pension of any category” there shall be inserted “, any additional shared additional pension”; and

(b)

after “entitled to a retirement pension” there shall be inserted “, a shared additional pension”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in operation at 6.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1978 No. 114; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1979 No. 392, S.R. 1989 No. 373, S.R. 1992 No. 330 and S.R. 2001 No. 108
f2: The definition of “the Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions Regulations” was substituted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1979 No. 392
f3: Regulation 4(1) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1992 No. 330 and regulation 6(3) of S.R. 2001 No. 108
f4: Regulation 5(3)(c) was amended by regulation 6(3)(a)(ii) of S.R. 1989 No. 373 and regulation 3 of S.R. 1992 No. 330