PART 1General
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2016.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
(3) For the purposes of the following Regulations, two people are to be treated as if they are not married to each other in relation to times when either of them is married to a third person.