0Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation

2022 No. 143

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

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (revoked)F1

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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Annotations:

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 8REVOCATION

RevocationF134

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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 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 21(3)

F1PART 1PERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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

Article 21(5)

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

Article 24(5)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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

Article 24(7)

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

Article 25(5)(a)

F1PART IPERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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

Article 25(7)

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

Article 27(3)(a)

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

Article 27(5)

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

Article 27(6)

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

Article 31(1), (2) and (3)

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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

Article 31(1), (4) and (5)

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

Article 33(2)

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