38. The State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 is amended as follows.
39. In section 7 (fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period), in subsection (6)(a), after “benefit under” insert “Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 or”.
40. In section 16 (meaning of “retirement pension income”), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 or under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;”.