2005 No. 513
The State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 171(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921 and now vested in it2, and sections 7(4), 16(2) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 20023 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th December 2005.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19544 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations2
1
The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20035 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 10 (assessed income period)—
a
for paragraph (2)(a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
a
except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the arrangements under which the assessed amount is paid contain no provision for periodic increases in the amount payable, or
b
in paragraph (5B)6, in the definition of “increased payment date”, the words “under the claimant’s retirement pension scheme or annuity contract” shall be omitted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 18th November 2005.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)