35. The Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 is amended as follows.
36. In section 5A (definitions), in the definition of “disqualifying benefit”, before paragraph (a) insert—
“(zb)state pension or a lump sum under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 or under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;”.
37. In section 9 (power to supplement and mitigate loss of benefit provisions), in subsection (3), before paragraph (c) insert—
“(bf)state pension or a lump sum under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 or under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;”.