4.—(1) A claimant is not entitled to state pension credit if he is a member of a[F1 couple] the other member of which is entitled to state pension credit.
[F2(1A) A claimant is not entitled to state pension credit if he is a member of a couple the other member of which has not attained the qualifying age.]
(2) In section 115(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (exclusion from benefits) after “entitled to” insert “ state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, or to ”.
(3) Where the amount payable by way of state pension credit would (apart from this subsection) be less than a prescribed amount, it shall not be payable except in prescribed circumstances.
F2S. 4(1A) inserted (15.5.2019) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 53; S.R. 2019/4, art. 3 (with arts. 4, 6-8) (as amended by S.R. 2019/107, art. 2)