The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

3.  Where in the agreements set out in the Schedules to the Orders in Council and Orders made by the Secretary of State specified in Schedule 2 to this Order there are references to a person—

(a) who is entitled to an old age pension or basic retirement pension (or any equivalent terms) under the legislation of the United Kingdom otherwise than by virtue of the provisions of those agreements providing for the determination of entitlement to such pension, those references shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under section 2 (entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate) or 4 (entitlement to state pension at transitional rate) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;

(b) who is entitled to a category B retirement pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom being also entitled to have any category A retirement pension entitlement calculated in accordance with any provision in the agreements providing for the determination of such entitlement—

(i) those references to a category B retirement pension shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 other than a state pension under section 2 or 4 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; and

(ii) those references to a category A retirement pension shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under section 2 or 4 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.