The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

5.  For the purposes of this Schedule, rights conferred on the person entitled to a pension credit are appropriate if—N.I.

(a)they are conferred with effect from, and including, the day on which the order, or provision, under which the credit arises takes effect, and

(b)their value, when calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Department, equals the amount of the credit.