Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

PrisonersN.I.

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19—(1) Regulations may provide that a person is not to be paid a state pension under this Part for any period during which the person is a prisoner.

(2) “Prisoner” means a person (in Northern Ireland or elsewhere) who is—

(a)imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or

(b)unlawfully at large.

(3) In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.

Commencement Information

I1S. 19 in operation at 16.7.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(2)(g)

I2S. 19 in operation at 6.4.2016 so far as not brought into operation earlier by an order, see s. 53(1)(3)