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PART 3 N.I.AMENDMENTS TO DO WITH STATE PENSION CREDIT

72  The State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 is amended as follows.N.I.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 12 para. 72 in operation at 14.9.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/329, art. 2(2)(a)

I2Sch. 12 para. 72 in operation at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into operation earlier by an order, see s. 53(1)(3)

73  In section 3 (savings credit), for subsection (1) substitute—N.I.

(1) The first of the conditions mentioned in section 1(2)(c)(ii) is that the claimant—

(a)has attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and has attained the age of 65 (before, on or after that date), or

(b)is a member of a couple, the other member of which falls within paragraph (a)..

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 12 para. 73 in operation at 6.4.2016, see s. 53(1)(3)

74  After that section insert—N.I.

3ZA    Power to limit savings credit for certain mixed-age couples

(1) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases, a person who is a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit.

(2) For example, the regulations could provide that a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit unless—

(a)the person has been awarded a savings credit with effect from a day before 6 April 2016 and was entitled to a savings credit immediately before that date, and

(b)the person remained entitled to state pension credit at all times since the beginning of 6 April 2016.

(3) In this section “mixed-age couple” means a couple (whenever formed) one member of which had attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and the other had not..

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 12 para. 74 in operation at 14.9.2015 by S.R. 2015/329, art. 2(2)(c)

75  In Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, omit paragraph 41.N.I.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 12 para. 75 in operation at 6.4.2016, see s. 53(1)(3)

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