The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Insertion of regulation 1A into the principal regulations

2.  After regulation 1 of the principal regulations there shall be inserted—

“Application of section 135 of the Administration Act

1A.   The provisions of section 135 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (effect alteration of rates of benefit) shall apply to—

(a) the amount of graduated retirement benefit payable for each unit of graduated contributions;

(b) increases of such benefit under the provisions of Schedule 2(1) to these regulations; and

(c) any addition under section 36(1) of the Act of 1966(2) (addition to weekly rate of retirement pension for widows and widowers) to the amount of such benefit,

as if graduated retirement benefit were a benefit referred to in section 135(2) of that Act.”.

(1)

Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 1989 No. 373

(2)

1966 c. 6 (N.I.); sections 35 and 36 were repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38) but are continued in force by regulation 2 of S.R. 1978 No. 105