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.