2018 No. 56

Social Security

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

The Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (revoked)
Made
16th March 2018
Coming into operation
24th March 2018
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PART 1

INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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PART 2

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
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Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act
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Earnings limits
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Statutory sick pay
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Statutory maternity pay
9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Graduated retirement benefit
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979
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Maximum additional pension
13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Disability living allowance
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Personal independence payment
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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
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Bereavement benefits
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PART 3

INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

Applicable amounts for income support
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Income support transitional protection
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Housing benefit
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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit
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PART 4

JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for jobseeker's allowance
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PART 5

STATE PENSION CREDIT

State pension credit
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 6

EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016
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PART 7

UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Universal credit
27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 8

REVOCATIONS

Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1

Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order
Article 3(1)
PART I

CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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PART II

BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT
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PART III

NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
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PART IV

INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS
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PART V

RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT
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SCHEDULE 2

Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 19(3)
PART I

PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 3

Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 19(5)
PART IV

WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 4

Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations
Article 19(7)
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SCHEDULE 5

Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 21(6)
PART I

PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 6

Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 21(8)
PART IV

AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 7

Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 22(5)
PART I

PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE 8

Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 22(7)
PART IV

AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 9

Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(3)
PART I

PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 10

Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(5)
PART IV

WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
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SCHEDULE 11

Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 23(6)
PART IVB

WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA
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SCHEDULE 12

Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations
Article 23(8)
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SCHEDULE 13

Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations
Article 24(6)
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SCHEDULE 14

Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order
Article 25(2)
PART 3

WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2
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SCHEDULE 15

Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
Article 25(5)
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SCHEDULE 16

Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order
Article 27(2)
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SCHEDULE 17

Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations
Article 27(4)
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Order revoked (8.5.2018) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/58), arts. 1, 30