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The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1994

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PART IIntroduction

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 and shall come into operation for the purposes of—

(a)Articles 1, 2 and 21 on 1st April 1994;

(b)Article 10 on 3rd April 1994;

(c)Article 9 on 6th April 1994;

(d)Articles 3 to 6, 8 and 11 to 13 on 11th April 1994;

(e)Articles 14, 15 and 20 on 12th April 1994;

(f)Article 7 on 13th April 1994;

(g)Articles 16, 17 and 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 11th April 1994, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph and sub-paragraph (h) below “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations;

(h)Article 19(c)(ii), 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 11th April 1994; and

(i)except in a case to which sub-paragraph (h) applies. Article 19 in relation to a case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, on 4th April 1994, and in relation to any other case, on 1st April 1994.

(2) The increases made by this order in the sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act shall take effect for each case on the date specified in relation to that case in Article 6 of this order.

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2.  In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1));

“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(2);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3).

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