The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
PART 1
INTRODUCTION
1
Citation, commencement and effect
2
Interpretation
PART 2
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS
3
Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
4
Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
5
Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
6
Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are changed by this Order
7
Workmen’s compensation
8
Earnings limits
9
Statutory sick pay
10
Statutory maternity pay
11
Ordinary and additional statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay
12
Graduated retirement benefit
13
Disability living allowance
14
Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
15
Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
16
Bereavement benefits
PART 3
INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT
17
Applicable amounts for income support
18
Income support transitional protection
19
Relevant sum for income support
20
Housing benefit
21
Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit
PART 4
JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE
22
Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
23
Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance
24
Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance
PART 5
STATE PENSION CREDIT
25
State pension credit
PART 6
EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
26
Applicable amounts for employment and support allowance
PART 7
REVOCATION
27
Revocation
SCHEDULE 1
Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 2
Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 3
Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 4
Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations
SCHEDULE 5
Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 6
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 7
Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 8
Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 9
Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 10
Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 11
Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 12
Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
SCHEDULE 13
Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations
SCHEDULE 14
Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 15
Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
SCHEDULE 16
Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations
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Social Security

Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 11th June 2012
Made
14th March 2012
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132, 132A and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in the Department for Social Development .
The Secretary of State has made an Order under sections 150, 150A, 151 and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 .
Accordingly, the Department for Social Development makes the following Order:
1992 c. 8; section 132 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), section 132A was inserted by section 5(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.)) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
S.I. 2012/780
1992 c. 5