PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) RegulationsI127

1

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198768 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)69 after the definition of “State Pension Credit Regulations” insert—

  • “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;

3

In regulation 16A(2) (date of entitlement under an award of state pension credit for the purpose of payability and effective date of change of rate)70

a

in sub-paragraph (a) after “income support,” insert “universal credit,”; and

b

in sub-paragraph (b) after income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert “or universal credit”.