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The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

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29.—(1) The sums specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations shall be the sums set out in this Article, and unless stated otherwise, 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(1) (amount of the guarantee credit)—

(a)in paragraph (1) for “£306.85” and “£201.05” substitute “£332.95” and “£218.15” respectively;

(b)in paragraph (5) for “£76.40” and “£152.80” substitute “£81.50” and “£163.00” respectively; and

(c)in paragraph (8) for “£42.75” substitute “£45.60”.

(3) In regulation 7(2)(2) (savings credit) for “£174.49” and “£277.12” substitute “£189.80” and “£301.22” respectively.

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

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(3) for “£116.75” and “£18.10” substitute “£124.55” and “£19.30” respectively; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(4)—

(i)in head (a) for “£162.00” substitute “£176.00”,

(ii)in head (b) for “£162.00”, “£236.00” and “£41.60” substitute “£176.00”, “£256.00” and “£44.40” respectively,

(iii)in head (c) for “£236.00”, “£308.00” and “£57.10” substitute “£256.00”, “£334.00” and “£60.95” respectively,

(iv)in head (d) for “£308.00”, “£410.00” and “£93.40” substitute “£334.00”, “£445.00” and “£99.65” respectively, and

(v)in head (e) for “£410.00”, “£511.00” and “£106.35” substitute “£445.00”, “£554.00” and “£113.50” respectively.

(5) In paragraph 9 of Schedule 2A(5) (additional amount applicable for claimants responsible for a child or qualifying young person: amount of additional payment)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£61.88” substitute “£66.29”; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(i)for “£33.67” substitute “£35.93”, and

(ii)for “£104.86” substitute “£112.21”.

(6) In paragraph 10 of Schedule 2A (additional amount applicable for claimants responsible for a child or qualifying young person: amount for the eldest child or qualifying young person born before 6th April 2017) for “£72.31” substitute “£76.79”.

(7) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3(6) (special groups: polygamous marriages)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (5), in the substituted regulation 6(1), for “£306.85” and “£105.80” substitute “£332.95” and “£114.80” respectively; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (7), in the substituted regulation 7(2), for “£277.12” substitute “£301.22”.

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I1Art. 29 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k)

(1)

Regulation 6 was amended by regulation 31(3) of S.R. 2016 No. 236, regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2018 No. 135, Article 38(3) of S.I. 2023/1218 and Article 28(2) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

(2)

Regulation 7 was amended by Article 28(3) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 6(5)(b)(i) of S.R. 2004 No. 394 and Article 28(4)(a) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

(4)

Sub-paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 14(5)(a) of S.R. 2006 No. 359 which was superseded by Article 24(4)(b)(ii) of S.R. 2017 No. 187 and Article 28(4)(b) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

(5)

Schedule 2A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2018 No. 135 and paragraph 9 was amended by Article28(5) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

(6)

Paragraph 1(5) and (7) was amended by Article 28(7) of S.R. 2024 No. 69

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