PART 7Amendments: Pensions and Social Security: Secondary Legislation
State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015I1112
For regulation 30(4) of the State Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015177 substitute—
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In this regulation “couple” means—
a
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are neither—
i
separated under a court order, nor
ii
separated in circumstances in which the separation is likely to be permanent, or
b
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other.