PART 1STATE PENSION
Transition: pension sharing on divorce etc.
14Pension sharing: reduction in the sharer’s section 4 pension
(1)
The rate of a person’s state pension under section 4 is reduced under this section if the person is subject to a state scheme pension debit.
(2)
The amount by which the rate is reduced is the amount of the appropriate weekly reduction set out in Schedule 10.
(3)
A person’s state pension may be reduced more than once under this section.
(4)
In this Part—
“state scheme pension debit” means—
(a)
a new state scheme pension debit, or
(b)
an old state scheme pension debit;
“new state scheme pension debit” means a debit under Article 46A(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;
“old state scheme pension debit” means a debit under Article 46(1)(a) of that Order.