SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12N.I.STATE PENSION: AMENDMENTS

PART 3 N.I.AMENDMENTS TO DO WITH STATE PENSION CREDIT

74 After that section insert—N.I.

“3ZA Power to limit savings credit for certain mixed-age couples

(1) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases, a person who is a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit.

(2) For example, the regulations could provide that a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit unless—

(a)the person has been awarded a savings credit with effect from a day before 6 April 2016 and was entitled to a savings credit immediately before that date, and

(b)the person remained entitled to state pension credit at all times since the beginning of 6 April 2016.

(3) In this section “mixed-age couple” means a couple (whenever formed) one member of which had attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and the other had not.”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 12 para. 74 in operation at 14.9.2015 by S.R. 2015/329, art. 2(2)(c)