Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on—

(a)

22nd December 2021 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 (advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension) to a person who reaches pensionable age^f2 on or after 12th April 2022; and

(b)

11th April 2022 for all other purposes.

(2)

In this Article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 465; regulation 15(1) was amended by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2005 No. 299 and Article 9(7)(a) of S.R. 2015 No. 411
f2: For the definition of “pensionable age” see section 167(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 which refers to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))
f3: 2015 c. 5 (N.I.)