2013 No. 69

Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (revoked)F1

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 14th May 2013

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

F1PART 1INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and effectF11

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InterpretationF12

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F1PART 2SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits ActF13

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Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits ActF14

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Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes ActF15

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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are changed by this OrderF16

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Earnings limitsF17

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Statutory sick payF18

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Statutory maternity payF19

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Ordinary and additional statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption payF110

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Graduated retirement benefitF111

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Disability living allowanceF112

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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefitF113

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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit casesF114

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Bereavement benefitsF115

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F1PART 3INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

Applicable amounts for income supportF116

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Income support transitional protectionF117

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Relevant sum for income supportF118

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Housing benefitF119

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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension creditF120

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F1PART 4JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowanceF121

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Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowanceF122

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Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowanceF123

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F1PART 5STATE PENSION CREDIT

State pension creditF124

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F1PART 6EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for employment and support allowanceF125

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F1PART 7REVOCATIONS

RevocationsF126

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F1SCHEDULE 1Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

Article 3(1)

F1PART ICONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

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F1PART IIBEREAVEMENT PAYMENT

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F1PART IIINON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

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F1PART IVINCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

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F1PART VRATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT

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F1SCHEDULE 2Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 16(3)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 3Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 16(5)

F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 4Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

Article 16(7)

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F1SCHEDULE 5Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 19(5)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 6Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 19(7)

F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 7Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(5)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 8Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(7)

F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 9Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(3)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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F1SCHEDULE 10Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(5)

F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

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F1SCHEDULE 11Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(6)

F1PART IVBWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA

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F1SCHEDULE 12Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Article 22(8)

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F1SCHEDULE 13Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations

Article 24(6)

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F1SCHEDULE 14Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 25(2)

F1PART 1PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS

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F1SCHEDULE 15Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 25(3)

F1PART 3WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2

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F1SCHEDULE 16Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations

Article 25(6)

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