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Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975
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- power to am. (prosp.) by 1998 c. 47 s.87
PART IN.I.INTRODUCTORY
Title, citation and commencementN.I.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975.
(2) The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 [1975 c.15] and this Order may be cited together as the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975.
Paras.(3)‐(5)—Commencement
InterpretationN.I.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
Definition rep. by 1985 NI 16
[F1“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;]
Definition rep. by 1993 c. 49
[F2“average salary benefits” means benefits the rate or amount of which is calculated by reference to a member's average salary over the period of service on which the benefits are based;]
Definitions rep. by 1993 c. 49
“long‐term benefit” means a Category A or Category B retirement pension, a widowed mother's allowance, a widow's pension or an invalidity pension;
Definitions rep. by 1993 c. 49
“the principal Act” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;
Definitions rep. by 1993 c. 49
Definition rep. by 1986 NI 18
Definitions rep. by 1993 c. 49
[F3“transfer credits” means rights allowed to an earner under the rules of an occupational pension scheme by reference to a transfer to that scheme of his accrued rights from another scheme.]
Paras. (3)‐(5) rep. by 1993 c. 49
Para. (6) rep. by 1985 NI 16
Para. (7) rep. by 1993 c. 49
Arts.3‐12 rep. by 1992 c. 9
Art.13 rep. by 1989 NI 13
Arts.14‐18A rep. by 1992 c. 9
Art.19 rep. by 1979 NI 5
Arts.20‐23 rep. by 1992 c. 9
Art.24 rep. by 1991 NI 17
Art.25 rep. by 1986 NI 18
Arts.26‐27 rep. by 1992 c. 9
Arts.28‐38 rep. by 1993 c. 49
Art.39 rep. by 1986 NI 18
Arts.39A‐53D rep. by 1993 c. 49
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