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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 28) (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 1 provides for citation and commencement, and regulation 2 for interpretation.

Regulation 3 introduces the amendments to the principal Regulations made by regulations 4 and 5.

Regulation 4 inserts a new definition of “the Computation of Earnings Regulations” in regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 5 inserts new regulations 17A and 17B in the principal Regulations providing for the meaning and calculation of “earnings” of employed earners and self-employed earners respectively for the purposes of state pension credit.

These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.