{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-13B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-13B.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": "regulation/13B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13B",
  "heading": "Date on which benefits are treated as paid",
  "text": "(1) The following benefits shall be treated as paid on the day of the week in respect of which the benefit is payable –\n(a) severe disablement allowance;\n(b) incapacity benefit;\n(c) maternity allowance;\n(d) contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n(e) contributory employment and support allowance.\n(2) All benefits except those mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be treated as paid—\n(a) where the benefit is paid in advance, on the first day of the benefit week in which the benefit is payable;\n(b) where the benefit is paid in arrears, on the last day of the benefit week in which the benefit is payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 13A, 13B inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/191), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(3) (with regs. 34-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 13B(1)(e) added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/286), regs. 1(b), 30(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 13B(2) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/409), regs. 1(1), 3(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/236",
      "affecting_title": "The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/regulation/13B",
    "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."
}