112. For regulation 30(4) of the State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) substitute—
“(4) In this regulation “couple” means—
(a)two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are neither—
(i)separated under a court order, nor
(ii)separated in circumstances in which the separation is likely to be permanent, or
(b)two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other.”.
S.R. (N.I.) 2015/315. Regulation 30 was substituted by S.R. (N.I.) 2016/100.