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
2023 No. 27
Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates
The Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (revoked)
Made 8th March 2023
Coming into operation 27th March 2023
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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 payand 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 additionto long-term incapacity benefit 
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Transitional invalidity allowanceinlong-term incapacity benefit cases 
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Bereavement benefits 
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Bereavement support payment 
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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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Relevant sum for income support 
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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
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 the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 
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Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016 
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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 REVOCATION
Revocation 
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SCHEDULE1 
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 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 
Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 20(3) 
PART 1 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 
Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 23(5) 
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 5 
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 23(7) 
PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 6 
Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 24(5)(a) 
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 7 
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 24(7) 
PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 8 
Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order 
Article 26(3)(a) 
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 9 
Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order 
Article 26(5) 
PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 10 
Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order 
Article 26(6) 
PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
SCHEDULE 11 
Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order 
Article 30(1), (2) and (3) 
1.This paragraph applies to cases other than those falling within paragraphs 2 to 7 of Schedule 2 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2017. 

PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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SCHEDULE 12 
Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order 
Article 30(1), (4) and (5) 
PART 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2
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SCHEDULE 13 
Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order 
Article 32(2) 

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