1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on—
(a) 19th December 2017 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension) to a person who reaches pensionable age on or after 10th April 2018; and
S.R. 1987 No. 465; regulation 15(1) was amended by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2005 No. 299 and Article 9(7)(a) of S.R. 2015 No. 411
For the definition of “pensionable age” see section 165(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 which refers to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))
(b) 9th April 2018 for all other purposes.
2 In this Article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.