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Whenever the [F1Treasury] makes an order under section 141, 143, F2. . . [F3or 145] of the Great Britain Administration Act (alteration of contributions), the [F4order may also make corresponding provision] for Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 129 substituted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 43(a); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)
F2Words in s. 129 repealed (6.4.2000) by 1999 c. 30, s. 88, Sch. 13 Pt. VII; S.I. 1999/3420, art. 4(e)
F3Words in s. 129 substituted (6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 61(1), Sch. 6 para. 72; S.R. 1999/72, art. 2(b), Sch.
F4Words in s. 129 substituted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 43(b); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 148 of the Great Britain Administration Act [F5(revaluation of earnings factors), the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland].
Textual Amendments
F5Words in s. 130 substituted (16.12.1995 subject to Sch. 2 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1, 125(3) (with art. 125(4)-(6))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 130 extended (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), ss. 44(8), 173(4) (with s. 108(5))
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 148A of the Great Britain Administration Act (revaluation of low earnings threshold), the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F6S. 130A inserted (8.1.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 32, (with s. 66(6)); S.R. 2000/358, art. 2(e), Sch. Pt. IV (as amended by S.R. 2000/374, art. 3); S.R. 2001/34, art. 2(c)
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 148AA of the Great Britain Administration Act (revaluation of flat rate accrual amount), the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F7S. 130AA inserted (11.2.2008) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), Sch. 2 para. 2
(1)Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 148AC of the Great Britain Administration Act (revaluation for transitional pensions under Pensions Act 2014), the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.
(2)The percentage specified in an order under subsection (1) is the “revaluing percentage” for the purposes of paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.]
Textual Amendments
F8S. 130AC inserted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 16
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 148AD of the Great Britain Administration Act, the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F9S. 130AD inserted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 11 para. 7
Whenever the Secretary of State makes regulations prescribing an amount which an employer’s contributions payments must not exceed if he is to be a small employer for the purposes of section 154 of the Great Britain Contributions and Benefits Act, the Department shall make corresponding regulations for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F10S. 131 ceased to have effect (6.4.1995) by virtue of S.R. 1995/96, art. 6(2)(b)
(1)Whenever the Secretary of State [F11or the Treasury] makes an order under section 150 of the Great Britain Administration Act the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.
(2)An increase in a sum such as is specified in subsection (3)(b) below shall form part of the Category A or Category B retirement pension of the person to whom it is paid and an increase in a sum such as is specified in subsection (3)(a) below shall be added to and form part of that pension but shall not form part of the sum increased.
(3)The sums referred to in subsection (2) above are those which are—
(a)payable by virtue of [F12section 11(1) of the Pensions Act] to a [F13relevant person] (including any sum payable by virtue of [F12section 13(2) of that Act]); or
(b)payable to such a person as part of his Category A or Category B retirement pension by virtue of—
(i)an order made under this section corresponding to an order made under section 150 of the Great Britain Administration Act by virtue of paragraph (e)(ii) of subsection (1) of that section;
(ii)an order made under section 120 of the M11975 Act corresponding to an order made under section 126A of the Social Security Act 1975; or
(iii)an order made under Article 64 of the M21986 Order corresponding to an order made under section 63(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1986.
[F14(3ZA)In subsection (3)(a) “relevant person” means a person—
(a)who became entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension before the day on which section 3(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 comes into operation, and
(b)to whom sums became payable by virtue of section 11(1) of the Pensions Act (including sums payable by virtue of section 13(2) of that Act) before that day.
(3ZB)In subsection (3ZA)—
(a)a reference to becoming entitled to a pension before a day includes a reference to becoming entitled on or after that day to the payment of a pension in respect of a period before that day;
(b)a reference to sums becoming payable before a day includes a reference to sums becoming payable on or after that day in respect of a period before that day.]
[F15(3A)Where a member of [F16a scheme which was at a time before [F177 June 2012 (the date appointed for the commencement of section 13(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)]] an appropriate personal pension scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme continues in employment after attaining pensionable age and the commencement of his pension under the scheme is postponed, the preceding provisions of this section shall have effect as if—
(a)the guaranteed minimum pension to which he is treated as entitled by virtue of section 44(2)(a) of the Pensions Act were subject to increases in accordance with the provisions of section 11(1) of that Act; and
(b)the amounts of any notional increases referred to in paragraph (a) above were subject to annual up-rating in the same way as if they were sums to which subsection (3)(a) above applied.]
[F18(3B)Subsection (3A) does not have effect unless—
(a)the member became entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension before the day on which section 3(2) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 comes into operation, and
(b)the member's postponed pension under the scheme became payable before that day.
(3C)In subsection (3B)—
(a)a reference to becoming entitled to a pension before a day includes a reference to becoming entitled on or after that day to the payment of a pension in respect of a period before that day;
(b)a reference to a pension becoming payable before a day includes a reference to a pension becoming payable on or after that day in respect of a period before that day.]
(4)Where any increment under [F19section 11(1) of the Pensions Act]—
(a)is increased in any tax year by an order under [F19section 105 of that Act]; and
(b)in that tax year also falls to be increased by an order under this section,
the increase under this section shall be the amount that would have been specified in the order, but for this subsection, less the amount of the increase under Article 39A of the Pensions Order.
F20(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)The reference in subsection (1) above to an order made under section 150 of the Great Britain Administration Act includes a reference to an order made in exercise of the powers conferred by regulations made under subsection (11) of that section.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in s. 132(1) inserted (26.2.2003 for specified purposes, 1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 2003/392, art. 2 (subject to savings in art. 3)
F12Words in s. 132(3)(a) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 41(a); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
F13Words in s. 132(3)(a) substituted (7.6.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 3(1)(a), 34(3); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(b)
F14S. 132(3ZA)-(3ZB) inserted (7.6.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 3(1)(b), 34(3); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(b)
F15S. 132(3A) inserted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 41(b); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
F16Words in s. 132(3A) inserted (6.4.2012) by The Pensions (2008 Act) (Abolition of Contracting-out for Defined Contribution Pension Schemes) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/120), regs. 1(a), 2(2)
F17Words in s. 132(3A) substituted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 13 para. 55
F18S. 132(3B)-(3C) inserted (7.6.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 3(2), 34(3); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(b)
F19Words in s. 132(4) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 41(c); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
F20S. 132(5) omitted (7.6.2012) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 3(3), 34(3) (with s. 3(4)); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 132: certain functions of the Secretary of State or the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland transferred (5.10.1999) to the Treasury by 1999 c. 10, ss. 2, 20(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 4
C3Ss. 132-134: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 49(4), 61 (with s. 54(1)(3)(4)(6)(8)); S.I. 2003/392, art. 2 (subject to savings in art. 3)
C4S. 132 modified (13.10.2016) by The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999), arts. 2(2)(c), 8(2)
C5S. 132(2) modified (5.10.1999) by 1999 c. 10, ss. 2, 20(2), Sch. 2 Pt. Pt. V para. 20(f)
Marginal Citations
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 150A of the Great Britain Administration Act, the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F21S. 132A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3)(4) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), s. 5(1)
Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under section 151A of the Great Britain Administration Act (up-rating of transitional state pensions under Pensions Act 2014), the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F22S. 132B inserted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 17
Whenever the Secretary of State [F23or the Treasury] makes an order under section 152 of the Great Britain Administration Act, the Department may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F23Words in s. 133 inserted (26.2.2003 for specified purposes, 1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 2003/392, art. 2 (subject to savings in art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Ss. 132-134: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 49(4), 61 (with s. 54(1)(3)(4)(6)(8)); S.I. 2003/392, art. 2 (subject to savings in art. 3)
(1)Regulations may, with effect from any day on or after that on which there is an increase in the rate or any of the rates of child benefit, reduce any sum specified in any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) below to such extent as the Department thinks appropriate having regard to that increase.
(2)The provisions referred to in subsection (1) above are the following provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act—
(a)paragraph 6 of Part I (child’s special allowance);
F24(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F24(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)paragraph 7 of Part V (increase of weekly rate of disablement pension in respect of child dependants);
(e)paragraph 12 of Part V (allowance in respect of deceased’s children).
Textual Amendments
F24S. 134(2)(b)(c) repealed (1.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/392, art. 2; (subject to savings in art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Ss. 132-134: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 49(4), 61 (with s. 54(1)(3)(4)(6)(8)); S.I. 2003/392, art. 2 (subject to savings in art. 3)
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