# The State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 11: Days which are not included in determining the period of deferral


(1) In the circumstances set out in paragraph (2), a day does not count in determining a number of whole weeks for the purposes of section 17(3) of the Act.
(2) The circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1) are where the day is—
(a) a day on which the person whose entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the Act is deferred has received any of the following benefits—
(i) an unemployability supplement within the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (interpretation);
(ii) incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act (incapacity benefit: entitlement);
(iii) a widowed mother's allowance under section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widowed mother's allowance);
(iv) a widow's pension under section 39 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (rate of widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension);
(v) severe disablement allowance under section 68 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (entitlement and rate of severe disablement allowance);
(vi) a carer's allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (carer's allowance);
(via) the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer's Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (carer support payment);
(vii) income support under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (income support);
(viii) state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (entitlement);
(ix) an income-based jobseeker's allowance within the meaning in Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (the jobseeker's allowance);
(x) an income-related employment and support allowance (which means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);
(xi) universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (universal credit).
(b) a day on which a person—
(i) has received an increase of any of the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of the person whose entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the Act is deferred; and
(ii) is married to, in a civil partnership with or residing with the person whose entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the 2015 Act is deferred; or
(c) a day on which the person (“P”) whose entitlement to a state pension under Part 1 of the Act is deferred would not, if P's entitlement were not deferred, be paid that state pension because P was a prisoner (see section 19 of the Act (prisoners) and regulations 2 and 3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/315/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-11
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