# The State Pension Credit (Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 6: Amendment of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (persons not excluded from specified benefits under section 115 of the Act) –
(a) in paragraph (1) after “Contributions and Benefits Act,” there shall be inserted “or state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002,”.
(b) after paragraph (4)(b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –
“(c) state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) would have applied but for the fact that they have attained the qualifying age for the purposes of state pension credit, is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.”.
(c) after paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraphs –
“(7) For the purposes of entitlement to state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, a person to whom paragraph (5) would have applied but for the fact that they have attained the qualifying age for the purposes of state pension credit, is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.
(8) Where paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations applies in respect of entitlement to state pension credit, the period for which a claimant’s state pension credit is to be calculated shall be any period, or the aggregate of any periods, not exceeding 42 days during any one period of leave to which paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations applies.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/421/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-6
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