
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006.
2 
In regulation 4(1)(b) of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (days to be treated as days of increment), for head (ii) there shall be substituted the following heads—“
(ii) graduated retirement benefit where that person’s period of deferment ended on or before 5th April 2006; or
(iii) an unemployability supplement; and”.
3 
In regulation 5 of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (offsetting prior payment against subsequent award)—
(a) in paragraph (1), after “Subject to” there shall be inserted “paragraph (6) and”; and
(b) after paragraph (5), there shall be added the following paragraph—“
(6) Subject to regulation 6, any sums under—
(a) Schedule 5 or 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act (pension increases or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension or shared additional pension is deferred); or
(b) Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (increases or lump sum where entitlement to graduated retirement benefit is deferred),
paid pursuant to a decision which is subsequently revised under Article 10 of the 1998 Order (revision of decisions), superseded under Article 11 of that Order (superseding earlier decisions) or overturned on appeal, shall be offset against any sums due under the subsequent determination and, except to the extent that the sum exceeds the amount now due, shall be treated as properly paid on account of it.”.
4 
In regulation 2(4)(a) of the Social Security (Retirement Pensions etc.) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (modification of Schedule 5 to the Act), after “retirement pension” there shall be inserted “(excluding any increase under section 83, 84 or 85)”.
5 
The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 are hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2006.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
