Commentary on Sections Schedule 24 – Social security, child support and tax credits Part 15 – Amendments of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.))
906.Paragraphs 148 to 151 amend the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.
907.Paragraphs 148 to 151 ensure entitlement to state pension credit on the same basis as spouses and opposite-sex couples living together as husband and wife for, respectively, civil partners and same-sex couples who are “living together as if they were civil partners”; and amends the definition of terms relating to family membership within the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 in line with those for other income-related benefits.
908.Paragraph 150(3) and (5) amends the definitions of “foreign war widow’s or widower’s pension” and “war widow’s or widower’s pension” to recognise that surviving civil partners will be able to receive these pensions.