The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1989

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1989.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (6) below, this Order shall come into force for the purposes of articles 1, 2, 18 and 19 on 1st April 1989, for the purposes of article 10 on 2nd April 1989, for the purposes of articles 9 and 12 on 6th April 1989, for the purposes of articles 13 and 14 on 11th April 1989, and for all other purposes on 10th April 1989.

(3) Articles 15, 16 and 17 of this Order shall come into force in relation to any particular beneficiary at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 10th April 1989, and for this purpose “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations(1).

(4) Article 18 of this Order shall come into force in relation to any case to which paragraph (5) below applies on 1st April 1989, and in any other case on 3rd April 1989.

(5) This paragraph applies in any case where –

(a) rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or a multiple thereof; or

(b) payments by way of rates are not made together with payments of rent at weekly intervals or multiples thereof.

(6) The increases made by this Order in the sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the 1975 Act or the Pensions Act shall take effect for each case on the date specified in relation to that case in article 5 of the Order.

(1)

See Regulation 2(1) of S.I. 1987/1967, as amended by regulation 2(a) of S.I. 1988/1445.