The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

PART IINTRODUCTION

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

PART IISOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

3Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act

4Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act

5Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act

6Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order

7Increase in rate of certain workmen’s compensation in respect of employment i before 5th July 1948

8Earnings limits

9Statutory sick pay

10Statutory maternity pay

11Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit and increments thereof

12Increase in rates of disability living allowance

13Sums specified for child benefit

14Increase in rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit

15Increase in rates of transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity, benefit cases

PART IIIFAMILY CREDIT, DISABILITY WORKING ALLOWANCE, INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

16Family credit

17Disability working allowance

18Applicable amounts for income support

19Income support transitional protection

20The relevant sum for income support

21Housing benefit

PART IVTRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND REVOCATION

22Transitional provisions

SCHEDULE 1Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 2Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 3Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 4Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 5Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 6Applicable amounts of persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes

PART IPROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 4 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

6Homes for persons in need

12Personal allowances

PART IIOTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 4 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 7Applicable amounts in special cases

PART IPROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 7 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

PART IIOTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 7 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 8Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

1995 No. 71

SOCIAL SECURITY

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY: STATUTORY SICK PAY HOUSING

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

Made7th March 1995

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)

Whereas the Secretary of State for Social Security has made an Order1 under sections 150 and 189(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922 and section 2(7) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 19943:

Now, therefore, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 132 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19924 and Article 4(6) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 19945 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: