# The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 2

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 2 (interpretation) –
(a) in paragraph (1) –
(i) 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);”;
(ii) in the definition of “benefit” after “under the Order” there shall be inserted “, state pension credit under the 2002 Act”;
(iii) 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;”;
(iv) after the definition of “personal pension scheme” there shall be inserted the following definition –
““qualifying age” has the same meaning as in section 1(6) of the 2002 Act;”;
(v) after the definition of “retirement annuity contract” 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;”; and
(b) after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(2A) In these Regulations, references to “beneficiary” include any person entitled to state pension credit.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/191/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3
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