Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation

2017 No. 56

Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (revoked)F1

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

F1PART 1INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and effectF11

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InterpretationF12

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F1PART 2SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits ActF13

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Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits ActF14

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Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes ActF15

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Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions ActF16

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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this OrderF17

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Earnings limitsF18

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Statutory sick payF19

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Statutory maternity payF110

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Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental payF111

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Graduated retirement benefitF112

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Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979F113

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Maximum additional pensionF114

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Disability living allowanceF115

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Personal independence paymentF116

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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefitF117

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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit casesF118

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Bereavement benefitsF119

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F1PART 3INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

Applicable amounts for income supportF120

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Income support transitional protectionF121

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Housing benefitF122

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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension creditF123

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F1PART 4JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowanceF124

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F1PART 5STATE PENSION CREDIT

State pension creditF125

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F1PART 6EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008F126

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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016F127

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F1PART 7UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Universal creditF128

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F1PART 8REVOCATIONS

RevocationsF129

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F1SCHEDULE 1Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

Article 3(1)

F1PART ICONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

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F1PART IIBEREAVEMENT PAYMENT

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F1PART IIINON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

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F1PART IVINCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

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F1PART VRATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT

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F1SCHEDULE 2Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(3)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 3Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(5)

F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 4Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

Article 20(7)

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F1SCHEDULE 5Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(6)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 6Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(8)

F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 7Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(5)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 8Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(7)

F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 9Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 24(3)

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F1SCHEDULE 10Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 24(5)

F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 11Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 24(6)

F1PART IVBWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA

F1SCHEDULE 12Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Article 24(8)

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F1SCHEDULE 13Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations

Article 25(6)

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F1SCHEDULE 14Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order

Article 26(2)

F1PART 3WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2

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F1SCHEDULE 15Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

Article 26(5)

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F1SCHEDULE 16Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 28(2)

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F1SCHEDULE 17Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations

Article 28(4)

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