The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994
These regulations consolidate, with amendments, provisions contained in the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978, (“the 1978 Regulations”) relating to the contribution conditions for entitlement to retirement pension applicable to persons who have home responsibilities. The amendments are contained in:regulation 2(1)(b) and (c) which relax the conditions subject to which a person may qualify for home responsibilities protection;regulation 2(6) which makes new provision for protection to be afforded to certain married women and widows who, prior to 6th April 1975, had elected to pay Class 1 national insurance contributions at the reduced rate.