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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/155/article/21/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003</dc:title><dc:subject>Income support</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits for parents and children</dc:subject><dc:subject>Maternity pay</dc:subject><dc:subject>State pensions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Government Printer for Northern Ireland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2016-09-07</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SOCIAL SECURITY</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order, which corresponds to an Order (S.I. 2003/526) made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, increases the rates and amounts of certain social security benefits and other sums.</dc:description>
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<Text>In regulation 79(1) of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996/198)">Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations</Abbreviation> (weekly amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance)–</Text>
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<Text>in sub-paragraph (a) for “£32·50” there shall be substituted “£32·90”;</Text>
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<Text>in sub-paragraph (b) for “£42·70” there shall be substituted “£43·25”; and</Text>
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<Text>in sub-paragraph (c) for “£53·95” there shall be substituted “£54·65”.</Text>
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