# The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 2: Persons serving a sentence of imprisonment detained in hospital

Extent: N.I.

(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in the case of a claimant who—
(a) is being detained under Article 53 of Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order1986 (removal to hospital of persons serving sentences of imprisonment etc.), and
(b) in any case where there is in relation to that claimant a release date within the meaning of Article 56(3) of that Order (further provisions as to prisoners under sentence), is being detained on or before the day which the Secretary of State certifies to be that release date.
(2) In the case of a claimant to whom paragraph (1) applies—
(a) section 2 of the Act has effect with the substitution of a reference to a nil amount for the reference to the standard minimum guarantee in subsection (3)(a) of that section , and nil is the prescribed additional amount for the purposes of subsection (3)(b); and
(b) the maximum amount of savings credit shall be taken to be nil.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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