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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 No. 799
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made by the Treasury under section 132 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as the consequence of a review, conducted by them under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, of the general level of prices.
The amounts in this Order were last amended by the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I.2007/1055). The amounts referred to in that Order are superseded by the amounts referred to in this Order.
Article 2 increases the weekly rate of guardian’s allowance prescribed in paragraph 5 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 from £12.95 to £13.45.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
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