# The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, Article 36: Public service pension schemes


(1) The 1971 c. 35 (N.I.). Pensions (Increase) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 3 (qualifying conditions), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A) A pension attributable to the pensioner having become entitled to a pension credit shall not be increased unless the pensioner has attained the age of fifty-five years.” .
(3) In section 8—
(a) in subsection (1) (definition of “pension”), in paragraph (a), the words from “(either” to “person)” shall be omitted;
(b) in subsection (2) (when pension deemed for purposes of the Act to begin), after “pension”, in the first place where that word occurs, there shall be inserted “ which is not attributable to a pension credit ”; and
(c) after that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(2A) A pension which is attributable to a pension credit shall be deemed for purposes of this Act to begin on the day on which the order or provision on which the credit depends takes effect.” .
(4) In section 15(1) (interpretation)—
(a) for the definitions of “derivative pension” and “principal pension” there shall be substituted—
“ “ derivative pension ” means a pension which—
(a) is not payable in respect of the pensioner's own services, and
(b) is not attributable to the pensioner having become entitled to a pension credit;” ,
(b) after the definition of “pension” there shall be inserted—
“ “ pension credit ” means a credit under Article 26(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 or under section 29(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;
“principal pension” means a pension which—
(a) is payable in respect of the pensioner's own services; or
(b) is attributable to the pensioner having become entitled to a pension credit;” , and
(c) for the definition of “widow's pension” there shall be substituted—
“ “ widow's pension ” means a pension payable—
(a) in respect of the services of the pensioner's deceased husband, or
(b) by virtue of the pensioner's deceased husband having become entitled to a pension credit.” .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1999/3147/article/36 (the official version)
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