Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on—

(a)

22nd December 2025 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 7th April 2026; and

(b)

6th April 2026 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

Commencement

I1: Art. 1 in operation at 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in operation, see art. 1(1)(b)

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.)