
2017 No. 187
Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017  (revoked)
Made 13th September 2017
Coming into operation 25th September 2017
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PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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PART 2 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 and 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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Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act
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Earnings limits
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Statutory sick pay
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Statutory maternity pay
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Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay
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Graduated retirement benefit
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Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979
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Maximum additional pension
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Disability living allowance
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Personal independence payment
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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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Bereavement benefits
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PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT
Applicable amounts for income support
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Income support transitional protection
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Housing benefit
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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit
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PART 4 JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE
Applicable amounts for jobseeker's allowance
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PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT
State pension credit
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PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016
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PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT
Universal credit
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PART 8 REVOCATIONS
Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1
Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

Article 3(1)
PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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PART II  BEREAVEMENT 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
Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 19(3)
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 3
Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 19(5)
PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 4
Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

Article 19(7)

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SCHEDULE 5
Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 21(6)
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 6
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 21(8)
PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 7
Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(5)
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 8
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 22(7)
PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 9
Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(3)
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(5)
PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 11
Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(6)
PART IVB  WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
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SCHEDULE 12
Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations

Article 23(8)

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SCHEDULE 13
Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations

Article 24(6)

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SCHEDULE 14
Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order

Article 25(2)
PART 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2
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SCHEDULE 15
Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

Article 25(5)

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SCHEDULE 16
Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 27(2)

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SCHEDULE 17
Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations

Article 27(4)

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