
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 17th March 2008.
2 
In regulation 3 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) for paragraph (cb) substitute—“
(cb) in the case of a Category B retirement pension where the beneficiary is entitled to either a Category A retirement pension or to a graduated retirement benefit or to both and—(i) the spouse or civil partner of the beneficiary becomes entitled to a Category A retirement pension; or(ii) the beneficiary marries or enters into a civil partnership with a person who is entitled to a Category A retirement pension;”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 25th February 2008
(L.S.)John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
