The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

3.  If the claimant’s partner has been engaged in remunerative work as an employed earner or, had the employment been in Northern Ireland, would have been so engaged, any earnings paid or due to be paid on termination of that employment by way of retirement but only if—N.I.

(a)on retirement the partner is entitled to a retirement pension under the Contributions and Benefits Act; or

(b)the only reason the partner is not entitled to a retirement pension under that Act is because the contribution conditions are not satisfied.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 3 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)