Statutory Rule 1995 No. 71

      The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1995


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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

1995 No. 71

SOCIAL SECURITY

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY: STATUTORY SICK PAY HOUSING

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

Made 7th March 1995
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)


ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

PART I
INTRODUCTION
1.  Citation and commencement
2.  Interpretation
PART II
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS
3.  Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
4.  Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
5.  Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
6.  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
7.  Increase in rate of certain workmen's compensation in respect of employment before 5th July 1948
8.  Earnings limits
9.  Statutory sick pay
10.  Statutory maternity pay
11.  Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit and increments thereof
12.  Increase in rates of disability living allowance
13.  Sums specified for child benefit
14.  Increase in rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
15.  Increase in rates of transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
PART III
FAMILY CREDIT, DISABILITY WORKING ALLOWANCE, INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT
16.  Family credit
17.  Disability working allowance
18.  Applicable amounts for income support
19.  Income support transitional protection
20.  The relevant sum for income support
21.  Housing benefit
PART IV
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND REVOCATION
22.  Transitional provisions
23.  Revocation

SCHEDULES

  1.  Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

  2.  Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

  3.  Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

  4.  Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

  5.  Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

  6.  Applicable amounts of persons in homes for persons in need and nursing homes

  7.  Applicable amounts in special cases

  8.  Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

 

Explanatory Note


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