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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 153

SOCIAL SECURITY

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

9th March 2007

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

CONTENTs

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  1. PART I

    INTRODUCTION

    1. 1. Citation, commencement and effect

    2. 2. Interpretation

  2. PART II

    SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

    1. 3. Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act

    2. 4. Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act

    3. 5. Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act

    4. 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

    5. 7. Workmen’s compensation

    6. 8. Earnings limits

    7. 9. Statutory sick pay

    8. 10. Statutory maternity pay

    9. 11. Statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay

    10. 12. Graduated retirement benefit

    11. 13. Disability living allowance

    12. 14. Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit

    13. 15. Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases

  3. PART III

    INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

    1. 16. Applicable amounts for income support

    2. 17. Income support transitional protection

    3. 18. Relevant sum for income support

    4. 19. Housing benefit

    5. 20. Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit

  4. PART IV

    JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

    1. 21. Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance

    2. 22. Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance

    3. 23. Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance

  5. PART V

    STATE PENSION CREDIT

    1. 24. State pension credit

  6. PART VI

    REVOCATION

    1. 25. Revocation

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

    2. SCHEDULE 2

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

    3. SCHEDULE 3

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

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Income support: applicable amounts in special cases

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

    13. SCHEDULE 13

      Jobseeker’s allowance: applicable amounts in special cases

    14. SCHEDULE 14

      Jobseeker’s allowance: applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases

    15. SCHEDULE 15

      Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

    16. SCHEDULE 16

      Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations

Go to Explanatory Note

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132 and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and now vested in the Department for Social Development(2).

The Secretary of State has made an Order(3) under sections 150, 151 and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(4).

Accordingly, the Department for Social Development makes the following Order:

(1)

1992 c. 8; section 132 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) Back [1]

(2)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 Back [2]

(3)

S.I. 2007/688 Back [3]

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