The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1992

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 and shall come into operation for the purposes of—

(a) Articles 1, 2 and 17(1)(b) and (2) on 1st April 1992;

(b) Article 10 on 5th April 1992;

(c) Articles 3 to 9, 11 and 17(1)(a) on 6th April 1992;

(d) Article 12 on 7th April 1992;

(e) Articles 13, 14 and 15, in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 6th April 1992, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph and sub-paragraph (f) “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations;

(f) Article 16(e), in so far as the sums specified are relevant for the purposes of paragraph 9(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations, on the first day of the benefit week to commence for the beneficiary on or after 6th April 1992;

(g) except in a case to which sub-paragraph (f) applies, Article 16 on 1st April 1992.

(2) The increases made by this order in the sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the principal Act or the Pensions Order shall take effect for each case on the date specified in relation to that case in Article 5.