The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations N.I.

5.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “prisoner” insert—

““public authority” has the meaning given in section 75(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(2);”; and

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) After regulation 17A(3)(e)(3) (earnings of employed earners) insert—

“(f) any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

(4) In regulation 18 (notional income)—

(a) in paragraph (6)(4) for “paragraph (7)” substitute “ the following paragraphs”; and

(b) after paragraph (7)(5) add—

“(7A) Paragraph (6) shall not apply in respect of any amount of income other than earnings, or earnings of an employed earner, arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

(5) In Schedule 4 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 1(cc)(6)—

(a) for “payment under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 or the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005” substitute “pension or payment falling within Article 31(1)(a) or (b) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005(7)”;

(b) for “the pension payable under either of those schemes” substitute “that pension or payment”; and

(c) for “aggregate with the” substitute “aggregate with any”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5(2)(b) revoked (28.4.2014) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/105), regs. 1(1), 9

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 comes into operation in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28

(2)

1998 c. 47

(3)

Paragraph 17A(3) was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2003/2175

(4)

Paragraph (6) was amended by regulation 12(3)(a) of S.R. 2006 No. 104

(5)

Paragraph (7) was added by regulation 12(3)(b) of S.R. 2006 No. 104

(6)

Sub-paragraph (cc) was inserted by regulation 2(8)(a) and (9)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 98 and amended by regulation 4(4)(a)(iii) of S.R. 2008 No. 498

(7)

S.I. 2005/439