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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993.
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In regulation 2(1) of the principal regulations (interpretation), in the appropriate places in alphabetical order, there shall be inserted the following definitions—“
 “personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations;
 “retirement annuity contract” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations;”.
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In paragraph 10A of Schedule 3 to the principal regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—
(i) in head (b), after the words “occupational pension of his”, there shall be inserted the words “, or of any income from a personal pension scheme or a retirement annuity contract of his,”;
(ii) for the words “or pensions” there shall be substituted the words “, pensions or income”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(2) Where a resident is entitled to pensions or income referred to in sub-paragraph (1) from more than one source, all pensions and income to which he is entitled shall be aggregated for the purposes of that sub-paragraph.”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (3), for the words “occupational pension” there shall be substituted the words “pension or income referred to in sub-paragraph (1)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
Paul Simpson
Assistant Secretary
13th March 1997.