Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 8 added (6.4.2016) by The State Pension (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/100), regs. 1, 2(2)
24.—(1) In this Part—
“the 1975 Regulations” means the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975;
“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
“post-commencement qualifying year” and “pre-commencement qualifying year” have the same meaning as in section 4(4) of the Act (entitlement to state pension at transitional rate);
“qualifying year” has the same meaning as in section 2(4) of the Act (entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate);
“working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
“year” means a tax year.
(2) Nothing in Chapter 3 is to be construed as entitling any person to be credited with earnings or contributions for any day or in respect of any event occurring before 6th April 2016.]