The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 No. 191

PART III AMENDMENTS TO THE DECISIONS AND APPEALS REGULATIONS

Amendment of regulation 6

17.  In regulation 6 (supersession of decisions) –

(a) in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (j)(1) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –

“(k) is a relevant decision for the purposes of section 6 of the State Pension Credit Act and –

(i) on making that decision, the Department specified a period as the assessed income period, and

(ii) that period has ended or is about to end.”; and

(b) after paragraph (7) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(8) In relation to the assessed income period, the only change of circumstance relevant for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) is that the assessed income period ends in accordance with section 9(4) of the State Pension Credit Act or regulations made under section 9(5) of that Act.”.

(1)

Paragraph (j) was added by regulation 7(4) of S.R. 2002 No. 80