Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/100/made
Timestamp: 2018-04-27 08:46:57
Document Index: 623972380

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 7', 'art 2', 'art 8', 'art 1', 'art 8', 'art 8', 'art 8']

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5ZA), (5ZB) and 171(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and now vested in it(2).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2016 immediately after the coming into operation of the State Pension (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(3).
2.—(1) The State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(4) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) At the end of Part 7(5) (overseas residents) add—
“the 1975 Regulations” means the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(6);
“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(7);
“working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(8);
27. A person is to be credited with a Class 3 contribution to which the person would have been entitled under section 23A of the Contributions and Benefits Act(9) (contributions credits for relevant parents and carers) or regulations made under that section, for the purposes of entitlement to a Category A retirement pension had—
(i)regulation 7A(10) (credits for carer’s allowance);
(ii)regulation 8A(11) (credits for unemployment);
(iii)regulation 8B(12) (credits for incapacity for work or limited capability for work), or
(iv)regulation 9E(13) (credits for certain spouses and civil partners of members of Her Majesty’s forces),
(b)a woman in respect of a week in any part of which an election made by her under regulations under section 19(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(14) (general power to regulate liability for contributions) is in force.
(a)regulation 7(15) (credits for approved training);
(c)regulation 7B(16) (credits for disability element of working tax credit);
(f)regulation 9B(17) (credits for jury service);
(g)regulation 9C(18) (credits for adoption pay period, additional pay period and maternity pay period);
(h)regulation 9D(19) (credits for certain periods of imprisonment or detention in legal custody);
(b)a self-employed earner whose profits for the year are below the small profits threshold specified by section 11(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(20) (liability for Class 2 contributions), who would otherwise be liable to pay a Class 2 contribution; or
(c)excepted from liability to pay a Class 2 contribution by virtue of regulation 43 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(21),
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a foster parent is a person approved as a foster parent in accordance with Part 2 (approvals and placements) of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(22).
(b)a person to whom one or more of paragraphs 4 to 6 (persons caring for another person) of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(23) applies.
(a)attendance allowance in accordance with section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act(24);
(b)the care component of disability living allowance in accordance with section 72 of the Contributions and Benefits Act(25) (the care component), at the middle or highest rate prescribed in accordance with subsection (3) of that section;
(i)the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983(26);
(i)article 14 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(27) (constant attendance allowance); or
(ii)article 8 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006(28) (constant attendance allowance);
(g)armed forces independence payment in accordance with the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011(29).
(8) This paragraph applies in the case of a woman in respect of a week in any part of which an election made by her under regulations under section 19(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(30) (general power to regulate liability for contributions) is in force.
(a)prior to the date on which that person becomes entitled to carer’s allowance by virtue of section 70(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(31) (carer’s allowance);
(2) A person is not entitled to be credited with a Class 3 contribution under paragraph (1)(b) in a week in respect of which that person is entitled under regulation 7A(32) (credits for carers allowance) of the 1975 Regulations to be credited with contributions by virtue of being entitled to an allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
These Regulations amend the State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”). Regulation 2 adds Part 8 to the 2015 Regulations which contains provisions (in regulations 24 to 39) relating to the crediting of national insurance contributions for the purposes of entitlement to a new state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).
In Chapter 1 of Part 8, regulation 24 is an interpretation provision.
Regulation 25 contains general provisions governing the circumstances in which credits are awarded.
In Chapter 2 of Part 8, regulations 26 to 28 provide for certain earnings or contributions credited in respect of a period before 6 April 2016 to be included in the calculation of the person’s starting amount under Schedule 1 to the 2015 Act.
In Chapter 3 of Part 8, regulations 29 to 37 set out the particular circumstances in which a person is eligible to be awarded a credit. These include where a person is—
entitled to a working age benefit or a working tax credit;
a man who was born before 6 October 1953;
the spouse or civil partner of a member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces;
a carer for a child under the age of 12 (including a foster parent); or
caring for a person who is either in receipt of a relevant disability benefit or who is certified by a health or social care professional as needing the level of care provided.
Regulation 38 enables certain carers to be awarded a credit for an additional period of 12 weeks.
These regulations also specify the conditions which must be satisfied in order for the person to be entitled to the credit.
Regulation 39 specifies the time limit in which parents or carers are required to make an application for a contribution credit.
Section 22(5ZA) and (5ZB) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, an enabling provision under which these Regulations are made, was inserted by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 to the 2015 Act. Paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 was brought into operation for the purposes of making regulations on 25 February 2016 by the Pensions (2015 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 68 (C. 4)).
1992 c. 7; subsections (5ZA) and (5ZB) of section 22 are inserted by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)