The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Introduction

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. Part II Social Security Benefits and Pensions

   1. 3. Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act

   2. 4. Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act

   3. 5. Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act

   4. 6. Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order

   5. 7. Workmen’s compensation

   6. 8. Earnings limits

   7. 9. Statutory sick pay

   8. 10. Statutory maternity pay

   9. 11. Graduated retirement benefit

   10. 12. Disability living allowance

   11. 13. Child benefit

   12. 14. Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit

   13. 15. Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases

4. Part III Family Credit, Disability Working Allowance, Income Support and Housing Benefit

   1. 16. Family credit

   2. 17. Disability working allowance

   3. 18. Applicable amounts for income support

   4. 19. Income support transitional protection

   5. 20. The relevant sum for income support

   6. 21. Housing benefit

5. Part IV Jobseeker’s Allowance

   1. 22. Age-related amount of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance

   2. 23. Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance

   3. 24. The prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance

6. Part V Transitional Provisions and Revocations

   1. 25. Transitional provisions

   2. 26. Revocations

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

   4. SCHEDULE 4

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

   5. SCHEDULE 5

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

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Income Support: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes

      1. Part I Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

         1. 6. Homes for persons in need

         2. 7. Nursing homes

         3. 12. Personal allowances

      2. Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      Income Support: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases

      1. Part I Provisions in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

      2. Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

   9. SCHEDULE 9

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

   10. SCHEDULE 10

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

   11. SCHEDULE 11

       Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes

       1. Part I Provisions in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

          1. 5. Residential care homes

          2. 6. Nursing homes

          3. 10. Personal allowances

       2. Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

   12. SCHEDULE 12

       Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases

       1. Part I Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

       2. Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

   13. SCHEDULE 13

       Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

8. Explanatory Note