{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/28",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st January 2003\nComing into operation 6th October 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 171(3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, sections 6(4A), 8(4A) and 10(4) of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 and sections 1(5), 2(3), (4) and (6), 3(4) to (8), 4(3), 5, 6(2), 7(4) and (7), 9(4) and (5), 12(2) and (3), 15, 16(2) and 17(2) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, provisions of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into operation of those provisions, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), regs. 1, 16(1)(2)(g), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2001 c. 17 (N.I.); sections 6(4A) and 8(4A) were inserted respectively by paragraphs 33(a) and 34(b) of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:09.593277+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}