The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 No. 73

PART 2 N.I. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

Valid from 11/04/2024

Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit N.I.

16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in regulation 9(2) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) (increase in rate of incapacity benefit where beneficiary is under prescribed age on the qualifying date)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£26.60” substitute “£28.40”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£13.30” substitute “£14.20”.

(2) In so far as a claimant entitled to long-term incapacity benefit corresponds to a claimant under Article 16(2) of the Great Britain Up-rating Order, the sums specified in regulation 9(2)(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be increased to “£14.70” and “£8.15” respectively.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 16 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(g)(2)

(1)

S.R. 1994 No. 461; regulation 9(2) was amended by Article 15 of S.R. 2024 No. 69