Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 2I1

after the definition of “the 1998 Order” there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““the 2002 Act” means the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;

• “advance period” means the period specified in regulation 4D(2);”;

in the definition of “benefit” after “under the Order” there shall be inserted “, state pension credit under the 2002 Act”;

after the definition of “employment officer” there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the 2002 Act;”;

after the definition of “personal pension scheme”^f1 there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““qualifying age” has the same meaning as in section 1(6) of the 2002 Act;”;

after the definition of “retirement annuity contract”^f2 there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““state pension credit” means state pension credit under the 2002 Act;

• “State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f3;”; and