
1998 No. 59
SOCIAL SECURITY
STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; HOUSING
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 (revoked)
Made 2nd March 1998
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)
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Part I Introduction
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Part II Social Security Benefits and Pensions
Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order
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Workmen’s compensation
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Earnings limits
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Statutory sick pay
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Statutory maternity pay
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Graduated retirement benefit
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Disability living allowance
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Child benefit
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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
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Family credit
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Disability working allowance
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Applicable amounts for income support
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Income support transitional protection
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Relevant sum for income support
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Housing benefit
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Part IV Jobseeker’s Allowance
Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
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Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance
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Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance
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Part V Transitional Provisions and Revocations
Transitional provisions
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order
Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE 4
Rates of Benefits, etc.
Part I Contributory Periodical Benefits
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Part II Widow’s Payment
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Part III Non-contributory Periodical Benefits
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Part IV Increases for Dependants
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Part V Rate of Industrial Injuries Benefit
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SCHEDULE 2
Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 16(d)

SCHEDULE 4
Determination of maximum family credit: adult, child and young person credits

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SCHEDULE 3
Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 17(d)

SCHEDULE 5
Determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance: claimant, child and young person allowance

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SCHEDULE 4
Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 18(3)

SCHEDULE 2
Applicable Amounts
Part I Personal Allowances
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SCHEDULE 5
Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 18(6)

Part IV Weekly Amounts of Premiums Specified in Part III
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SCHEDULE 6
Income Support: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes
Article 18(9)
Part I Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Homes for persons in need
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Nursing homes
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Personal allowances
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Part II Other sums specific in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations
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SCHEDULE 7
Income Support: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases
Article 18(10)
Part I Provisions in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
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Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations
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SCHEDULE 8
Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations
Article 18(9)

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SCHEDULE 9
Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(3)

SCHEDULE 1
Applicable Amounts
Part I Personal Allowances
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SCHEDULE 10
Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(6)

Part IV Weekly Amounts of Premiums Specified in Part III
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SCHEDULE 11
Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes
Article 23(9)
Part I Provisions in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Residential care homes
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Nursing homes
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Personal allowances
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Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
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SCHEDULE 12
Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases
Article 23(10)
Part I Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
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Part II Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
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SCHEDULE 13
Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
Article 23(11)

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