Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations

6.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

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

(a) after the definition of “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund” means the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072) and registered charity of that name established on 11th July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7th July 2005;”; and

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”(2) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.

(3) In Schedule 5 (income from capital)—

(a) in paragraph 15(3)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (7) for “and the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”; and

(b) paragraph 15A(4) shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 213 and S.R. 2005 No. 374

(2)

The definition of “qualifying person” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2004 No. 213

(3)

Paragraph 15 was amended by regulation 3(1), (2)(c), (3) and (4)(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 213

(4)

Paragraph 15A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.R. 2005 No. 374