The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

State pension credit

24.—(1) The prescribed sums as specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations shall be the sums set out in the following provisions of this Article; and for this purpose a reference in this Article to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or Schedule to, the State Pension Credit Regulations bearing that number.

(2) In regulation 6 (amount of the guarantee credit)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) the sum of £155·80 remains the same;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b) the sum of £102·10 remains the same;

(c) in paragraph (5)(a) the sum of £42·95 remains the same;

(d) in paragraph (5)(b) the sum of £85·90 remains the same; and

(e) in paragraph (8) the sum of £25·10 remains the same.

(3) In regulation 7 (savings credit)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c) “60 per cent.”,“60 per cent.” and “40 per cent.” respectively remain the same.

(b) in paragraph (2) the sums of £77·45 and £123·80 remain the same.

(4) In paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 (housing costs: persons residing with the claimant)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) the sum of £47·75 remains the same;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (c) the sums of £7·40 remain the same;

(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) the sum of £88·00 remains the same;

(d) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) the sums of £88·00, £131·00 and £17·00 remain the same;

(e) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) the sums of £131·00, £170·00 and £23·35 remain the same;

(f) in sub-paragraph (2)(d) the sums of £170·00, £225·00 and £38·20 remain the same; and

(g) in sub-paragraph (2)(e) the sums of £225·00, £281·00 and £43·50 remain the same.

(5) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (special groups: polygamous marriages)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (5), which substitutes regulation 6(1), the sums of £155·80 and £53·70 remain the same; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (7), which substitutes regulation 7(2), the sum of £123·80 remains the same.

(6) The sums specified in any provision of the State Pension Credit Regulations set out in column (1) of Schedule 14 to this Order are the sums set out in column (2) of that Schedule.