Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984
6.—(1) The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) immediately before the definition of “standard rate of increase” there shall be inserted the following definition –
““shared additional pension” means a shared additional pension under section 55A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”.
(3) In regulation 2(2)(2) (exceptions from disqualification for imprisonment etc.) after “maternity allowance,” there shall be inserted “a shared additional pension,”.
S.R. 1984 No. 92; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1984 No. 317, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1995 No. 150, S.R. 1996 No. 57 and S.R. 2001 No. 108
Paragraph (2) was amended by Schedule 2 to S.R. 1984 No. 317, regulation 7(3) of S.R. 1992 No. 6, regulation 16 of S.R. 1995 No. 150, regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 57 and regulation 9(3) of S.R. 2001 No. 108