Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation
2017 No. 56
Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (revoked)
Made 15th March 2017
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1
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PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Citation, commencement and effect
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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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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order
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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
Revocations
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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 20(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 20(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 20(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 22(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 22(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 23(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 23(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 24(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 24(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 24(6)
PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
SCHEDULE 12
Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
Article 24(8)

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SCHEDULE 13
Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations
Article 25(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 26(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 26(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 28(2)

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SCHEDULE 17
Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations
Article 28(4)

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