(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”) and the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (“the Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the Claims and Payments Regulations to –
enable a person to make a claim for graduated retirement benefit and retirement pension by telephone, unless the Department for Social Development (“the Department”) directs that the claim must be made in writing;
enable a person who has made such a claim to amend it by telephone; and
provide for the date of a claim for graduated retirement benefit or retirement pension made by telephone.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 11 of the Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery Regulations to enable the Department to give notice, either orally or in writing, of the effect that regulation would have in the event of an overpayment, to a person who makes a claim for graduated retirement benefit and retirement pension by telephone.
These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.