PART 6Amendments: Pensions and Social Security: Primary Legislation

State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002I171

In section 17 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002130 (interpretation)—

a

in subsection (1), for the definition of “couple” substitute—

  • “couple” means—

    1. a

      two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, or

    2. b

      two 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;

b

omit subsection (1A).