The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation for the purposes of—

(a) Articles 1, 2, 6 and 19 on 1st April 2002;

(b) Article 8, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 1st April 2002 and, for the purpose of this sub-paragraph, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Computation of Earnings Regulations;

(c) Article 9 on 6th April 2002;

(d) Articles 3 to 5 and 11 to 13 on 8th April 2002;

(e) Article 10 on 7th April 2002, except for the purpose of determining the rate of maternity allowance in accordance with section 35A(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(1), for which purpose it shall come into operation on 8th April 2002;

(f) Article 7 on 10th April 2002;

(g) Articles 14, 15 and 23 on 11th April 2002;

(h) Articles 16 to 18, 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 8th April 2002 and, for the purpose of this sub-paragraph, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations; and

(i) Articles 20 to 22, 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 8th April 2002 and, for the purpose of this sub-paragraph, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

(2) The increases made—

(a) in the sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act; and

(b) by Article 20(c), in so far as it is relevant for the purposes referred to in Article 6(11),

shall take effect for each case on the date specified in relation to that case in Article 6.

(1)

Section 35A was inserted by Article 50(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))