Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 107

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

13th March 2001

Coming into operation

9th April 2001

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001.

Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children

2.  In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3)––

(a)in head (a) for “£145” there shall be substituted “£150”; and

(b)in head (b) for “£19” and “£145” there shall be substituted “£20” and “£150” respectively.

Revocation

3.  The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999(4) is hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 13th March 2001.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child or children, and the beneficiary is one of two persons who are spouses residing together or an unmarried couple, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child if the other person’s earnings are £145 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £19 by which the earnings exceed £145. This Order substitutes the amount of £150 for the amount of £145 and the amount of £20 for the amount of £19.

Article 3 contains a revocation consequential upon the coming into operation of this Order.

This Order does not impose a charge on business.

(2)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(3)

Paragraph 4(4) was amended by Article 2 of S.R. 1999 No. 94