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)
32.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a man born before 6th October 1953 is to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force in respect of a week to which paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies to a week which falls within—
(a)the year in which the man attains the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day; and
(b)a subsequent year prior to that in which he attains the age of 65.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a week which falls within a year during which the man is absent from Northern Ireland for more than 182 days.
(4) Paragraph (1) applies to a man who is a self-employed earner only if he—
(a)would be liable to pay a Class 2 contribution but for the fact that his profits for the year are below the small profits threshold specified by section 11(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; or
(b)is excepted from liability to pay a Class 2 contribution by virtue of regulation 43 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 in respect of any week in a year to which this regulation applies.]