2020 No. 40
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (revoked)F1
Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 16th June 2020
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Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1
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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 and 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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Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions ActF16
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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this OrderF17
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Earnings limitsF18
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Statutory sick payF19
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Statutory maternity payF110
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Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental payF111
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Graduated retirement benefitF112
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Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979F113
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Maximum additional pensionF114
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Disability living allowanceF115
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Personal independence paymentF116
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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefitF117
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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit casesF118
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Bereavement benefitsF119
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Bereavement support paymentF120
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F1PART 3INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT
Applicable amounts for income supportF121
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Income support transitional protectionF122
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Relevant sum for income supportF123
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Housing benefitF124
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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension creditF125
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F1PART 4JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE
Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowanceF126
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Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowanceF127
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Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996F128
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Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016F129
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F1PART 5STATE PENSION CREDIT
State pension creditF130
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F1PART 6EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008F131
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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016F132
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F1PART 7UNIVERSAL CREDIT
Universal creditF133
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F1PART 8REVOCATIONS
RevocationsF134
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F1SCHEDULE 1Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order
F1PART ICONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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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
F1PART 1PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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F1SCHEDULE 3Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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F1SCHEDULE 4Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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F1SCHEDULE 5Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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F1SCHEDULE 6Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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F1SCHEDULE 7Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
F1PART IVAMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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F1SCHEDULE 8Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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F1SCHEDULE 9Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
F1PART IVWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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F1SCHEDULE 10Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
F1PART IVBWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
F1SCHEDULE 11Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order
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F1PART 1PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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F1PART 1PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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F1SCHEDULE 12Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order
F1PART 3WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2
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F1SCHEDULE 13Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order
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Order revoked (10.5.2021) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/82), arts. 1(1)(q), 34