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State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
18 versions
· 2002-11-22
2026-03-15
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2024-06-08
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2024-02-26
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2023-11-16
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2023-10-19
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2021-09-09
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2021-01-01
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2020-12-31
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2020-01-13
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
Changes on 2020-01-13
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
- (1) A claimant is not entitled to state pension credit if he is a member of a couple the other member of which is entitled to state pension credit.
- (1A) A claimant is not entitled to state pension credit if he is a member of a couple the other member of which has not attained the qualifying age.
- (2) In section 115(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (exclusion from benefits) after “entitled to” insert “ state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, or to ”.
- (3) Where the amount payable by way of state pension credit would (apart from this subsection) be less than a prescribed amount, it shall not be payable except in prescribed circumstances.
@@ -514,7 +516,7 @@
- “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);
- “couple” means—a man and woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;two people of the same sex who are civil partners of each other and are members of the same household; ortwo people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;
- “couple” means—two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, ortwo people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;
- “the Department” means the Department for Social Development;
@@ -572,7 +574,7 @@
- “working tax credit” means a working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) to which a person is entitled whether alone or jointly with another.
- (1A) For the purposes of this Act, two people of the same sex are to be regarded as living together as if they were civil partners if, but only if, they would be regarded as living together as husband and wife were they instead two people of the opposite sex.
- (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (2) Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Act—
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## SCHEDULE 3
#### Guarantee credit
#### Entitlement
#### Duty to specify assessed income period
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[^c17100931]: [2003 c. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1)
[^c19532281]: [S. 17(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/14/section/17/1): definition of "PPF periodic payments" inserted (14.2.2006) by [S.R. 2006/37](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37/article/2), [Sch. para. 3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37/schedule/paragraph/3/3)
[^c19532281]: S. 17(1): definition of "PPF periodic payments" inserted (14.2.2006) by [S.R. 2006/37](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37/article/2), [Sch. para. 3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/37/schedule/paragraph/3/3)
[^c17101111]: fully exercised by SR 2002/366; 2003/29, 211, 373
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[^key-3e566b6a31df608906a0b8d189bfa850]: Words in s. 6 heading inserted (6.4.2016) by [Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/5), [ss. 27(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/5/section/27/2), [53(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/5/section/53/1); [S.R. 2015/329](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/329), [art. 2(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/329/article/2/4)
[^key-fe070030ae4ad113066c01e645d6d8b2]: [S. 4(1A)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/14/section/4/1A) inserted (15.5.2019) by [The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/2/2), [Sch. 2 para. 53](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/schedule/2/paragraph/53); [S.R. 2019/4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/4), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/4/article/3) (with [arts. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/4/article/4), [6-8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/4/article/6)) (as amended by [S.R. 2019/107](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/107), art. 2)
[^key-51f459217f14a6abd110de1c24bb7b58]: Words in s. 17(1) substituted (13.1.2020) by [The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/1/2), [71(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/71/a) (with [regs. 6-9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/6))
[^key-336e80862578d845e3a59c1b5a213db7]: S. 17(1A) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of [The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/1/2), [71(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/71/b) (with [regs. 6-9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/6))
#### Equal treatment for widows and widowers
#### Regulations and orders
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#### Exclusions
#### Duty to specify assessed income period for pre-6 April 2016 awards
#### Income and capital of claimant, spouse, etc.
#### Equal treatment for widows and widowers
#### Short title and commencement
*Schedule 3—Repeals*
#### Regulations and orders
*Schedule 2—Amendments*
2016-04-06
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2015-09-14
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2015-06-24
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2012-04-01
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2009-04-06
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2008-02-11
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2006-02-14
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2003-01-27
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
2002-11-22
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
original version
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