12. An assessed income period shall end at such time as –
(a)the claimant no longer satisfies a condition of entitlement to state pension credit;
(b)payments of an element of the claimant’s retirement provision which is due to be paid to him stops temporarily or the amount paid is less than the amount due and in consequence his award of state pension credit is superseded under Article 11 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1);
(c)a claimant who has no partner is provided with accommodation in a residential care home or nursing home other than on a temporary basis.
S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)