Regulation 2 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 10 (assessed income period)—

(a)

for paragraph (2)(a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a)

except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the arrangements under which the assessed amount is paid contain no provision for periodic increases in the amount payable, or”;

(b)

in paragraph (5B)^f2, in the definition of “increased payment date”, the words “under the claimant’s retirement pension scheme or annuity contract” shall be omitted.

(3)

At the end of regulation 16^f3 (retirement pension income), there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(n)

any payment made under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005^f4.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 Nos. 110 and 394
f2: Paragraph (5B) was substituted by regulation 3(2)(a) of S.R. 2004 No. 110
f3: Regulation 16 was amended by regulation 6(4) of S.R. 2004 No. 394
f4: S.I. 2005/1986