The Additional Pension and Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

These Regulations make additional provision for the calculation of the state second pension (the additional pension element of a state retirement pension from 6th April 2002), and for conditions to be satisfied, in certain circumstances, in order for a person to be treated as precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home and therefore entitled to additional pension by virtue of section 44A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”). They also amend the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (“the 1994 Regulations”) to include certain persons who previously were not treated as precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home in the first year of their child’s life, and to specify a time limit for providing the Department for Social Development with information where a person is to be treated as precluded from regular employment after 5th April 2002 by responsibilities at home.