SCHEDULE AGREEMENT RELATING TO STATE PENSION AND RETIREMENT PENSION BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND OF THE ONE PART, AND THE MINISTER FOR THE TREASURY OF THE ISLE OF MAN OF THE OTHER PART

Application of Agreement

4.  The 1977 Agreement shall not apply and this Agreement shall apply to a person who reaches pensionable age before 6th April 2016 and whose spouse or civil partner reaches pensionable age on or after that date, for the purposes of claims for and determining entitlement to—

(a) a Category A retirement pension by virtue of section 48(1) (use of former spouse’s contributions) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 48 (use of former spouse’s contributions) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(b) a Category B retirement pension under Part 2 (contributory benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or Part 2 (contributory benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(c) a Category A retirement pension by virtue of section 48 of the Isle of Man Contributions and Benefits Act;

(d) a Category B retirement pension under Part 2 of the Isle of Man Contributions and Benefits Act.

(1)

Section 48 was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), by paragraph 30 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30) and by S.I. 2014/3229.