Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation
2024 No. 69
Social Security
Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates
The Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (revoked)
Order revoked (7.5.2024) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/73), arts. 1(1)(o), 34
Made 21st March 2024
Coming into operation 22nd March 2024

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PART 1 INTRODUCTION

1 Citation and commencement
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2 Interpretation
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PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

3 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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4 Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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5 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
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6 Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act
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7 Statutory sick pay
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8 Statutory maternity pay
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9 Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay
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10 Graduated retirement benefit
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11 Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979
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12 Maximum additional pension
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13 Disability living allowance
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14 Personal independence payment
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15 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
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16 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
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17 Bereavement benefits
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18 Bereavement support payment
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PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

19 Applicable amounts for income support
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20 Income support transitional protection
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21 Relevant sum for income support
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22 Housing benefit
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23 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit
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PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

24 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
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25 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance
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26 Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
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27 Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016
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PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT

28 State pension credit
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PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

29 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
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30 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016
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PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT

31 Universal credit
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PART 8 REVOCATION

32 Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1 Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order
Article 3(1)

PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS
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PART V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT
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SCHEDULE 2 Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 19(3)

PART 1 PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 3 Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 19(5)

PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 4 Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 22(5)

PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 5 Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 22(7)

PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 6 Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(5)(a)

PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 7 Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(7)

PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 8 Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
Article 25(3)(a)

PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 9 Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
Article 25(5)

PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 10 Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order
Article 25(6)

PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
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SCHEDULE 11 Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order
Article 29(1), (2) and (3)
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PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS
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SCHEDULE 12 Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order
Article 29(1), (4) and (5)

PART 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2
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SCHEDULE 13 Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 31(2)
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