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

PART IINTRODUCTION

1Citation, commencement and effect

2Interpretation

PART IISOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

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

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

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

6Dates 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

7Workmen’s compensation

8Earnings limits

9Statutory sick pay

10Statutory maternity pay

11Statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay

12Graduated retirement benefit

13Disability living allowance

14Child benefit

15Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit

16Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases

PART IIIINCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

17Applicable amounts for income support

18Income support transitional protection

19Relevant sum for income support

20Housing benefit

PART IVJOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE

21Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance

22Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance

23Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance

PART VSTATE PENSION CREDIT

24State pension credit

PART VIREVOCATION

SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 2PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 3PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 4INCOME SUPPORT: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES

PART Iprovisions in schedule 7 to the income support regulations as amended by this order

PART IIother sums specified in schedule 7 to the income support regulations

SCHEDULE 5OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 6PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 7PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 8PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 9PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 10PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 11JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES

PART Iprovisions in schedule 4 to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations as amended by this order

PART IIother sums specified in schedule 4 to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations

SCHEDULE 12JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES IN SPECIAL CASES

PROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 4A TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 13OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 14OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS

2003 No. 155

SOCIAL SECURITY

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES

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

Made10th March 2003

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

Whereas the Secretary of State has made an Order1 under sections 150, 151 and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922:

Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132 and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19923, and now vested in it4, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: