The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Family credit

16.  In the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1)—

(a) in regulation 46(4) (determination of appropriate maximum family credit) the capital sum prescribed is £3,000;

(b) in regulation 46(4), (5) and (6) the amount specified for the credit in respect of a child or young person is nil;

(c) in regulation 47(1) (applicable amount) for “£77·15” there shall be substituted “£79·00”;

(d) subject to paragraph (e), in Schedule 4 (determination of maximum family credit) the sums prescribed shall be as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order; and

(e) in Schedule 4 as it has effect by virtue of regulation 10(3) of the Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons Regulations (transitional provisions)—

(i) in paragraph 2(b) for “£19·95” there shall be substituted “£20·45”,

(ii) in paragraph 3(a) for “£24·80” there shall be substituted “£25·40”, and

(iii) in paragraph 3(b) for “£34·70” there shall be substituted “£35·55”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 463; relevant amending provisions are S.R. 1992 No. 403, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1995 No. 223, S.R. 1996 No. 476 and S.R. 1997 Nos. 113 and 152