The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/28 · Made 21 January 2003 · Extends to Northern Ireland

Contents

1. Part I: GENERAL
2. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
3. 1ADisapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act
4. Part II: ENTITLEMENT AND AMOUNT
5. 2Persons not in Northern Ireland
6. 3Persons temporarily absent from Northern Ireland
7. 3APersons temporarily absent from Northern Ireland on 6th October 2008
8. 4Persons receiving treatment outside Northern Ireland
9. 5Persons treated as being or not being members of the same household
10. 6Amount of the guarantee credit
11. 7Savings Credit
12. 7ALimitation of savings credit for certain mixed-age couples
13. 8Special groups
14. 9Qualifying income for the purposes of savings credit
15. 10Assessed income period
16. 11Retirement provision in assessed income period
17. 12End of assessed income period
18. 13Small amounts of state pension credit
19. 13APart-weeks
20. 13BDate on which benefits are treated as paid
21. Part III: INCOME
22. 14Calculation of income and capital
23. 15Income for the purposes of the Act
24. 16Retirement pension income
25. 17Calculation of weekly income
26. 17ZATreatment of final payments of income
27. 17AEarnings of employed earners
28. 17BEarnings of self-employed earners
29. 18Notional income
30. 19Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom
31. 20Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom
32. 21Notional capital
33. 22Diminishing notional capital rule
34. 23Capital jointly held
35. 24Income paid to third parties
36. 24ARounding of fractions
37. Part IV: LOSS OF BENEFIT
38. 25Amendment of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations
39. Signature
40. Schedule 1
41. Part I: circumstances in which persons are treated as being or not being severely disabled
42. 1Severe disablement
43. 2Persons residing with the claimant whose presence is ignored
44. 3Persons residing with the claimant whose presence is ignored
45. Part II: amount applicable for carers
46. 4Paragraph 4
47. 5Paragraph 5
48. Part III: Amount applicable for former claimants of income support , income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance
49. 6Paragraph 6
50. Schedule 2: HOUSING COSTS
51. 1Housing costs
52. 2Remunerative work
53. 3Circumstances in which a person is liable to meet housing costs
54. 4Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home
55. 5Housing costs not met
56. 6Apportionment of housing costs
57. 7The calculation for loans
58. 8General provisions applying to housing costs
59. 9The standard rate
60. 10Excessive housing costs
61. 11Loans on residential property
62. 12Loans for repairs and improvements to the dwelling occupied as the home
63. 13Other housing costs
64. 14Persons residing with the claimant
65. 15Rounding of fractions
66. Schedule 3: SPECIAL GROUPS
67. 1Polygamous marriages
68. 2Persons serving a sentence of imprisonment detained in hospital
69. Schedule 3ADate on which certain fixed length assessed income periods end
70. Schedule 4: AMOUNTS TO BE DISREGARDED IN THE CALCULATION OF INCOME OTHER THAN EARNINGS
71. 1Paragraph 1
72. 2Paragraph 2
73. 3Paragraph 3
74. 4Paragraph 4
75. 5Paragraph 5
76. 6Paragraph 6
77. 7Paragraph 7
78. 7AParagraph 7A
79. 8Paragraph 8
80. 9Paragraph 9
81. 10Paragraph 10
82. 11Paragraph 11
83. 12Paragraph 12
84. 13Paragraph 13
85. 14Paragraph 14
86. 15Paragraph 15
87. 16Paragraph 16
88. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
89. 18Paragraph 18
90. Schedule 5: INCOME FROM CAPITAL
91. Part I: CAPITAL DISREGARDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING INCOME
92. 1Paragraph 1
93. 1AParagraph 1A
94. 2Paragraph 2
95. 3Paragraph 3
96. 4Paragraph 4
97. 5Paragraph 5
98. 6Paragraph 6
99. 7Paragraph 7
100. 8Paragraph 8
101. 9Paragraph 9
102. 9AParagraph 9A
103. 10Paragraph 10
104. 11Paragraph 11
105. 12Paragraph 12
106. 13Paragraph 13
107. 14Paragraph 14
108. 15Paragraph 15
109. 15AParagraph 15A Repealed
110. 16Paragraph 16
111. 17Paragraph 17
112. 18Paragraph 18
113. 19Paragraph 19
114. 20Paragraph 20
115. 20AParagraph 20A
116. 20BParagraph 20B
117. 21Paragraph 21
118. 22Paragraph 22
119. 23Paragraph 23
120. 23ZAParagraph 23ZA
121. 23ZBParagraph 23ZB
122. 23AParagraph 23A
123. 23BParagraph 23B
124. 23CParagraph 23C
125. 24Paragraph 24 Repealed
126. Part II: capital disregarded only for the purposes of determining deemed income
127. 24Paragraph 24
128. 25Paragraph 25
129. 26Paragraph 26
130. 26AParagraph 26A
131. 27Paragraph 27 Repealed
132. 28Paragraph 28
133. Schedule 6: SUMS DISREGARDED FROM CLAIMANT'S EARNINGS
134. 1Paragraph 1
135. 2Paragraph 2
136. 2AParagraph 2A
137. 2BParagraph 2B
138. 3Paragraph 3
139. 4Paragraph 4
140. 4AParagraph 4A
141. 5Paragraph 5
142. 6Paragraph 6
143. 7Paragraph 7
144. Explanatory note