Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19795
1
The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 197925 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
2
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) immediately before the definition of “1914-1918 War Injuries Scheme” there shall be inserted the following definition –
“shared additional pension” means a shared additional pension under section 55A of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
3
In regulation 2(1)(a)26 (election to be treated as not having retired) after “retirement pension” there shall be inserted “or a shared additional pension”.
4
In regulation 3(a)27 (provisions applying after election) after “retirement pension”, where it appears the first time and the third time, there shall be inserted “or a shared additional pension”.
5
In regulation 4 (days to be treated as days of increment) after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph –
4
For the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act a day shall be treated as a day of increment in relation to any person if it is a day in that person’s period of deferment, other than a Sunday, in respect of which if that person had not deferred his entitlement to a shared additional pension he would have been entitled to it (and would not have been disqualified from receiving it by reason of imprisonment or detention in legal custody).