1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on—
(a)5th January 2019 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension) to a person who reaches pensionable age(2) on or after 9th April 2019; and
(b)8th April 2019 for all other purposes.
(2) In this Article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
S.R. 1987 No. 465; regulation 15(1) was amended by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2005 No. 299 and Article 9(7)(a) of S.R. 2015 No. 411
For the meaning of “pensionable age” see section 167(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 which refers to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))