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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/28",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Except where the claimant or his partner qualifies for a £20 disregard under paragraphs (1) to (4) –\n(a) £5 shall be disregarded if a claimant who has no partner has earnings;\n(b) £10 shall be disregarded if a claimant who has a partner has earnings.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 5 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/228",
      "affecting_title": "The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
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    {
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      "affecting": "nisr/2017/1",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit (Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
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      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit (Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2022"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022"
    },
    {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:09.593277+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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