Part IV Increases for dependants
Miscellaneous
89 Earnings to include occupational and personal pensions F1etc. for purposes of provisions relating to increases of benefits in respect of F2... adult dependants.
(1)
F6(1A)
Except as may be prescribed, in F7sections 82 and 86A above, and in regulations under section 86A above, any reference to earnings includes a reference to payments by way of PPF periodic payments.
(2)
For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in F8subsections (1) and (1A) above, the Department may by regulations provide, in relation to cases where payments by way of occupational or personal pension F9or PPF periodic payments are made otherwise than weekly, that any necessary apportionment of the payments shall be made in such manner and on such basis as may be prescribed.
F10(3)
In this section “PPF periodic payments” means—
(a)
any periodic compensation payments made in relation to a person, payable under the pension compensation provisions as specified in Article 146(2) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 or section 162(2) of the Pensions Act 2004 (the pension compensation provisions); or
(b)
any periodic payments made in relation to a person, payable under Article 150 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 or section 166 of the Pensions Act 2004 (duty to pay scheme benefits unpaid at assessment date etc.),
other than payments made to a surviving dependant of a person entitled to such compensation.
F1190 Beneficiaries under sections 68 and 70.
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91 Effect of trade disputes on entitlement to increases.
(1)
A beneficiary shall not be entitled—
(a)
to an increase in any benefit F12under or by virtue of sections 82 to 88 above; or
(b)
to an increase in benefit F13... by virtue of regulations under section 90 above,
if the person in respect of whom he would be entitled to the increase falls within subsection (2) below.
F14(2)
A person falls within the subsection if—
(a)
he is prevented for being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance by Article 16 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (trade disputes); or
(b)
he would be so prevented if he were otherwise entitled to that benefit.
92 Dependency increases: continuation of awards in cases of fluctuating earnings.
(1)
Where a beneficiary—
(a)
has been awarded an increase of benefit under this Part of this Act, but
(b)
ceases to be entitled to the increase by reason only that the weekly earnings of some other person (“the relevant earner”) exceed the amount of the increase or, as the case may be, some specified amount,
then, if and so long as the beneficiary would have continued to be entitled to the increase, disregarding any such excess of earnings, the award shall continue in force but the increase shall not be payable for any week if the earnings relevant to that week exceed the amount of the increase or, as the case may be, the specified amount.
(2)
In this section the earnings which are relevant to any week are those earnings of the relevant earner which, apart from this section, would be taken into account in determining whether the beneficiary is entitled to the increase in question for that week.
93 Dependency increases on termination of employment after period of entitlement to disability working allowance.
Where—
F15(a)
a person becomes entitled—
(i)
to the higher rate of short-term incapacity benefit, or to long-term incapacity benefit, by virtue of section 30C(5) or (6) or section 42 above;. . .
F16(ii)
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(b)
when he was last entitled to that F17benefit. . ., it was increased in respect of a dependant by virtue of—
(i)
regulation 8(6) of the M1Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
(ii)
regulation 3 of the M2Social Security Benefit (Dependency) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984;
(iii)
regulation 2 of the M3Social Security (Savings for Existing Beneficiaries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984; or
(iv)
regulation 4 of the M4Social Security Benefit (Dependency and Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989,
for the purpose of determining whether his F17benefit. . . should be increased by virtue of that regulation for any period beginning with the day on which he again becomes entitled to his F17benefit. . ., the increase in respect of that dependant shall be treated as having been payable to him on each day between the last day on which his F17benefit. . . was previously payable and the day on which he again becomes entitled to it.