# Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 9

Status: prospective

(1) Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person who is entitled to a transitional allowance immediately before reaching pensionable age is to be treated as having satisfied the condition in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 3 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (first contribution condition for entitlement to state pension).
(2) In this paragraph, “pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2007/2/schedule/4/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-9
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