Valid from 06/04/2016

Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations N.I.

11.—(1) The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of “benefit” after “the Act” insert “, a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015”.

(3) In regulation 5 (offsetting prior payment against subsequent award)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(2) in Case 1 after “section 55A” insert “or 55AA”;

(b) in paragraph (6)(3) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) section 8 or 9 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; or

(d) regulations made under section 10 of that Act which make provision corresponding or similar to section 8 or 9 of that Act,”.

(4) In regulation 8(1) (duplication and prescribed payments) before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.

(5) After regulation 15(2)(a) (recovery by deduction from prescribed benefits) insert—

“(aa) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 11 in operation at 6.4.2016, see art. 1(b)

(1)

S.R.1988 No. 142; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2005 No. 299

(2)

Regulation 5(2) was amended by regulation 7 of S.R. 2005 No. 299

(3)

Paragraph (6) was inserted by S.R. 2006 No. 113