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

Article 23(3)

SCHEDULE 9Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 1Applicable Amounts

Part IPersonal Allowances

1.  The weekly amounts specified in column (2) in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 83 and 84(1) (applicable amounts and polygamous marriages).

Column (1)Column (2)
Person or CoupleAmount

(1) Single claimant aged—

(a)except where head (b) or (c) applies, less than 18;

(1) (a) £30·30;

(b)less than 18 who falls within regulation 57(2) and who—

(i)is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(ii)is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order;

(b)£39·85;

(c)less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(a) of Part III;

(c)£39·85;

(d)not less than 18 but less than 25;

(d)£39·85;

(e)not less than 25.

(e)£50·35.

(2) Lone parent aged—

(a)except where head (b) or (c) applies, less than 18;

(2) (a) £30·30;

(b)less than 18 who falls within regulation 57(2) and who—

(i)is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(ii)is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order;

(b)£39·85;

(c)less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(a) of Part III;

(c)£39·85;

(d)not less than 18.

(d)£50·35.

(3) Couple—

(a)where both members are aged less than 18 and—

(i)at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child;

(ii)had they not been members of a couple, each would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applied;

(iii)had they not been members of a couple, the claimant would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or or 61 applied and his partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it;

(iv)they are married and one member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies and the other member is registered in accordance with regulation 62;

(iva)they are married and each member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies;

(v)there is a direction under Article 18 of the Order in respect of each member;

(vi)there is a direction under Article 18 of the Order in respect of one of them and the other is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(vii)there is a direction under Article 18 of the Order in respect of one of them and the other satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it;

(3) (a) £60·10;

(b)where both members are aged less than 18 and sub-paragraph (3)(a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within regulation 57(2) and either—

(i)is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(ii)is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order;

(b)£39·85;

(c)where both members are aged less than 18 and neither head (a) nor (b) of sub-paragraph (3) applies but one member of the couple—

(i)is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(ii)is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order;

(c)£30·30;

(d)where both members are aged less than 18 and head (a), (b) or (c) of sub-paragraph (3) does not apply but one member of the couple is a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph 13(a);

(d)£39·85;

(e)where both members are aged not less than 18;

(e)£79·00;

(f)where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—

(i)is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies, or

(ii)is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order, and

(iii)satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it;

(f)£79·00;

(g)where one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—

(i)to whom none of regulations 59 to 61 applies, or

(ii)who is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order, and

(iii)does not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it;

(g)£39·85;

(h)where one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—

(i)to whom none of regulations 59 to 61 applies, or

(ii)who is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of the Order, and

(iii)does not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it.

(h)£50·35.

2.(1) The weekly amounts specified in column (2) in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall, for the relevant period specified in column (1), be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 83(b) and 84(1)(c).

Column (1)Column (2)
Child or Young PersonAmount

Person in respect of the period—

(a)

beginning on, and including, that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s eleventh birthday;

(a)£17·30;

(b)beginning on, and including, the first Monday in September following that person’s eleventh birthday and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday;

(b)£25·35;

(c)beginning on, and including, the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s nineteenth birthday.

(c)£30·30.

3.(1) The weekly amount for the purposes of regulations 83(c) and 84(1)(d) (residential allowance) in respect of a person who satisfies the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2) shall be £57·50.