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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th December 2005.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 10 (assessed income period)—
(a) for paragraph (2)(a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—“
(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the arrangements under which the assessed amount is paid contain no provision for periodic increases in the amount payable, or”;
(b) in paragraph (5B), in the definition of “increased payment date”, the words “under the claimant’s retirement pension scheme or annuity contract” shall be omitted.
(3) At the end of regulation 16 (retirement pension income), there shall be added the following paragraph—“
(n) any payment made under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 18th November 2005.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
