2008 No. 69
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 17th March 2008.
Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations2
In regulation 3 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19873 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) for paragraph (cb) substitute—
cb
in the case of a Category B retirement pension where the beneficiary is entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit or to both and—
i
the spouse or civil partner of the beneficiary becomes entitled to a Category A retirement pension; or
ii
the beneficiary marries or enters into a civil partnership with a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension;
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 25th February 2008
(This note is not part of the Regulations)