The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations

5.  In regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) (citation, commencement and interpretation) –

(a) for the definition of “dwelling occupied as the home” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““dwelling occupied as the home” means the dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings normally occupied by the claimant as his home, including any part thereof not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, together with –

(a)

any agricultural land adjoining that dwelling, and

(b)

any land not adjoining that dwelling which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately;”;

(b) in Schedule 5 (income from capital) in paragraph 6 for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(2) In this paragraph “dwelling” means the dwelling occupied as the home formerly so occupied by the claimant.”.

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28