1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 5th April 2012.

2 Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations
In regulation 9C of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 (credits for adoption pay period and maternity pay period)—
(a) in the heading after “adoption pay period” insert “, additional paternity pay period”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(a) after “paragraph (2)(a)” insert “or (aa)”;
(c) in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) the additional paternity pay period in respect of which additional statutory paternity pay was paid to a person, or”

; and
(d) in paragraph (5)—
(i) after ““adoption pay period”,” insert ““additional paternity pay period”,”, and
(ii) after ““statutory adoption pay”” insert “, “additional statutory paternity pay””.
S.R. 1975 No. 113; regulation 9C was inserted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1988 No. 105 and substituted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2003 No. 151
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 9th March 2012
(L.S.) Anne McCleary A senior officer of the Department for Social Development