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State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002

Type Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Publication 2002-11-22

Last updated 2026-03-15

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

Department Statute Law Database

Source legislation.gov.uk

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Reform history JSON API

[^key-8d22b2ec010ae6a1562bde431902654d]: Words in s. 2(8)(a) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 8(2)(a)

[^key-a6bf1701d0c79a12ef55a4e8549df8ff]: Words in s. 2(8)(b) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 8(2)(b)

[^key-e89f57c9b85754c36365d85eaf0536fb]: S. 2(8A) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 8(3)

[^key-89e6409bd18e6b5ec17a17f3ab28dc84]: S. 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 and (8.6.2024) by S.R. 2024/118, arts. 1, 2)

[^key-f9e3a1f5bc0a24eba412e529f7f425fa]: Words in s. 2(8A) substituted (15.3.2026) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/246), arts. 1(2), 31

Equal treatment for widows and widowers

Regulations and orders

Schedule 2—Amendments

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(1) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases, a person who is a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit.

(2) For example, the regulations could provide that a member of a mixed-age couple is not entitled to a savings credit unless—

(a) the person has been awarded a savings credit with effect from a day before 6 April 2016 and was entitled to a savings credit immediately before that date, and

(b) the person remained entitled to state pension credit at all times since the beginning of 6 April 2016.

(3) In this section “ mixed-age couple ” means a couple (whenever formed) one member of which had attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016 and the other had not.

Exclusions

Income and capital of claimant, spouse, etc.

Equal treatment for widows and widowers

Regulations and orders

Schedule 2—Amendments

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