Order 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

2024 No. 69

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

The Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (revoked)F1

Made

Coming into operation

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Annotations:

F1PART 1INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencementF11

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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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Statutory sick payF17

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Statutory maternity payF18

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Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental payF19

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Graduated retirement benefitF110

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Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979F111

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Maximum additional pensionF112

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Disability living allowanceF113

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Personal independence paymentF114

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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefitF115

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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit casesF116

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Bereavement benefitsF117

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Bereavement support paymentF118

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F1PART 3INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

Applicable amounts for income supportF119

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Income support transitional protectionF120

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Relevant sum for income supportF121

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Housing benefitF122

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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension creditF123

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F1PART 4JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowanceF124

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Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowanceF125

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Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996F126

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Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016F127

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F1PART 5STATE PENSION CREDIT

State pension creditF128

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F1PART 6EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008F129

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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016F130

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F1PART 7UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Universal creditF131

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F1PART 8REVOCATION

RevocationF132

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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 19(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 19(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 22(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 22(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 23(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 23(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 25(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 25(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 25(6)

F1PART IVBWEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA

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F1SCHEDULE 11Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order

Article 29(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 29(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 31(2)

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