The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made: 6th February 2001

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on: 21st May 2001

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)

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Part I — Introduction

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Part II — 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 or 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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Dates 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

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Workmen’s compensation

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Earnings limits

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Statutory sick pay

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Statutory maternity pay

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Graduated retirement benefit

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Disability living allowance

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Child benefit

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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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Part III — Income support and housing benefit

Applicable amounts for income support

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Income support transitional protection

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Relevant sum for income support

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Housing benefit

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Part IV — Jobseeker’s Allowance

Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance

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Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance

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Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance

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Part V — Revocation

Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — 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 — Income Support: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes

Part I — Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Homes for persons in need

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Nursing homes

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Personal allowances

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Part II — Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations

Paragraph in Schedule 4	Specified Sum
2(2) (b)(i) } increases for meals	daily £1·10
2(2)(b)(ii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55
2(2)(b)(iii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55

SCHEDULE 5 — Income Support: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases

Part I — Provisions in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Patients

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Subject to paragraphs 2, 2A, 3 and 16, a person who has been a patient for a period of more than 6 weeks and who is—

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A single claimant who has been a patient for a continuous period of more than 52 weeks, where—

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Subject to paragraph 16—

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Single claimants temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board

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A single claimant who is temporarily in accommodation referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) (excluding heads (i) and (ii) of those sub-paragraphs) of the definition of “residential accommodation” in regulation 21(3) (special cases).

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£72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses plus any amounts applicable under regulation 17(1)(e), (f) or (g).

Couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board

10B

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• (1) A claimant who is a member of a couple and temporarily separated from his partner where one of them is living in the home while the other is in accommodation referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) (excluding heads (i) and (ii) of those sub-paragraphs) of the definition of “residential accommodation” in regulation 21(3).

10B

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• (1) The aggregate of the amount applicable to the member who remains in the home calculated as if he were a single claimant under regulation 17(1), 19 or 21 and in respect of the other member, £72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses.

Lone parents who are in residential accommodation temporarily

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A claimant who is a lone parent who has entered residential accommodation temporarily.

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£72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses plus—

• (a) in respect of each child or young person who is a member of his family, the amount in respect of him prescribed in paragraph 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Schedule 2 or under this Schedule as appropriate; and

• (b) any amount which would be applicable to the claimant if he were not temporarily living away from the dwelling occupied as his home, under regulation 17(1)(c), (e), (f) or (g).

Persons in residential accommodation

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person in, or only temporarily absent from, residential accommodation who is—

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• (1) Any amount applicable under regulation 17(1)(f) or (g) or 18(1)(g) or (h), plus—

Persons in homes for persons in need or nursing homes who become patients

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A claimant to whom regulation 19 applies immediately before he or a member of his family became a patient where—

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Part II — Other sums specified in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations

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Members of religious orders

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Prisoners

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Persons temporarily absent from home for persons in need or nursing home

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Persons from abroad

SCHEDULE 6 — Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

Provisions in Income Support Regulations	Specified Sum
Regulation 22A(1)[^f00082]	Applicable amount to be reduced by a sum equivalent to 20 per cent. of the specified amount.
Regulation 71(1)(a)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 71(1)(b)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount of the allowance for personal expenses or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 71(1)(c)(i)	98 per cent. of the applicable amount for persons in residential accommodation.
Regulation 71(1)(d)[^f00083] Schedule 3[^f00084], paragraph 6(1)(b)	90 per cent. of the applicable amount. Half the amount which would fall to be met by applying the provisions of sub-paragraph (a).
Schedule 3, paragraph 6(1)(c)	Nil.
Schedule 3, paragraph 7(8)	100 per cent. of the eligible interest.
Schedule 3, paragraph 8(1)(b)	Nil.
Schedule 3, paragraph 10(1)	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by the formula $(A×B)×C52.$
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(5)	£100,000.
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(7)(a)	The alternative appropriate amount shall be calculated using the formula $P×Q.$
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(11)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by the formula $R×ST.$
Schedule 3, paragraph 12(1)(a)	7·44 per cent.
Schedule 3, paragraph 12(2) and (3)	5 per cent.

SCHEDULE 7 — Part I of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Part I — Personal Allowances

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SCHEDULE 8 — Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit 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 — Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes

Part I — Provisions in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Residential care homes

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Nursing homes

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Personal allowances

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Part II — Other sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Paragraph in Schedule 3	Specified Sum
2(2)(b)(i) } increases for meals	daily £1·10
2(2)(b)(ii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55
2(2)(b)(iii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55

SCHEDULE 13 — Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Joint-Claim Couples where a Member is in a Residential Care or Nursing Home

Part I — Provisions in Schedule 3A to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Residential care homes

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Nursing homes

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Personal allowances

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Part II — Other sums specified in Schedule 3A to the Jobseeker’s Allowance regulations

Paragraph in Schedule 3A	Specified Sum
3(2)(b)(i) } increases for meals	daily £1·10
3(2)(b)(ii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55
3(2)(b)(iii) } increases for meals	daily £1·55

SCHEDULE 14 — Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases

Part I — Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Person other than claimant who is a patient

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Subject to paragraphs 2, 15 and 17, a person who has been a patient for more than 6 weeks and who is—

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• (a) A claimant who is not a patient and who is a member of a family of which another member is a child or young person who has been a patient for a period of more than 12 weeks, or

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• (a) The amount applicable to him under regulation 83 or 84 except that the amount applicable under regulation 83(b) or 84(1)(c) in respect of the child or young person referred to in column (1) shall be £14·50 instead of an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, or

Single claimants temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust

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A single claimant who is temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust of a kind specified in the definition of residential accommodation in regulation 85 (special cases).

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£72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses plus any amounts applicable under regulations 83(f) and 87(2) and (3).

Couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust

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• (1) A claimant who is a member of a couple and temporarily separated from his partner where one of them is living in the home while the other is in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust of a kind specified in the definition of residential accommodation in regulation 85.

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• (1) The aggregate of the amount applicable for the member who remains in the home calculated as if he were a single claimant under regulation 83, 85 or 86 and in respect of the other member £72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses.

Lone parents who are in residential accommodation temporarily

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A claimant who is a lone parent who has entered residential accommodation temporarily.

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£72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses, plus—

• (a) in respect of each child or young person who is a member of his family, the amount in respect of him prescribed in paragraph 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Schedule 1 or under this Schedule as appropriate, and

• (b) any amount which would be applicable to the claimant if he were not temporarily living away from the dwelling occupied as his home, under regulation 83(d) or (f) or under regulation 87(2) or (3).

Persons in residential accommodation

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person in or only temporarily absent from residential accommodation who is—

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• (1) Any amount applicable under regulation 87(2) and (3), plus—

Persons in residential care or nursing homes who become patients

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A claimant to whom regulation 86 (persons in residential care or nursing homes) applies immediately before he or a member of his family became a patient where—

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Part II — Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

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Members of religious orders

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Persons from abroad

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Persons temporarily absent from a hostel, residential care or nursing home

SCHEDULE 15 — Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Joint-Claim Couples in Special Cases

Applicable Amounts of Joint-Claim Couples in Special Cases as amended by this Order

Patients

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Subject to paragraphs 9 and 11, a joint-claim couple where one member—

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Joint-claim couple without accommodation

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A joint-claim couple who are without accommodation.

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The amount applicable to the couple under regulation 86A(a) only.

Members of religious orders

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A joint-claim couple who are both members of, and fully maintained by, a religious order.

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Nil.

Specified cases of temporarily separated joint-claim couples

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A joint-claim couple who are temporarily separated where—

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Either—

Polygamous marriages where one or more members are temporarily separated

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A joint-claim couple where one member is a member of a polygamous marriage and is temporarily separated from a partner of his, where one of them is livving in the home while the other member is –

• (a) not a patient but is resident in a nursing home;

• (b) resident in a residential care home;

• (c) resident in premises used for the rehabilitation of alcoholics or drug addicts;

• (d) attending a course of training or instruction or approved by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment where the course requires him to live away from home; or

• (e) in a probation hostel or other establishment for use in connection with the supervision and assistance of offenders, provided and maintained, or under arrangements entered into, by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland with the approval of the Secretary of State.

Joint-claim couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust

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• (1) A joint-claim couple where one member is temporarily separated from the other member where one of them is living in the home while the other is in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust of a kind specified in the definition of a kind specified in the definition of residential accommodation in regulatio 85.

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• (1) The aggregate of the amount applicable for the claimant who remains in the home calculated as if he were a single claimant under regulation 83, 85 or 86 and in respect of the other joint - claimant £72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses.

Joint-claim couples where one member is absent from the United Kingdom

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A joint-claim couple where one member is temporarily absent from the United Kingdom—

• (a) in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B);

• (b) in any other circumstances.

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• (a) The amount applicable to them as a couple under regulation 86A or 86D for the relevant period prescribed in regulation 50(6B);

• (b) for the first 4 weeks of that absence, the amount applicable to them as a couple under regulation 86A or 86D, as the case may be, and thereafter the amount applicable to the claimant in Northern Ireland under regulation 83 or 86, as the case may be, as if that claimant were a single claimant.

Polygamous marriages where any member of the marriage is abroad

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A joint-claim couple where

• (a) he, the other member or one of his partners is;

• (b) he, the other member and one or more of his partners are; or

• (c) the other member and one or more of his partners or 2 or more of his partners are,

temporarily absent from the United Kingdom.

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For the first 4 weeks of that absence, the amount applicable to the joint-claim couple under regulations 86B to 86D, as the case may be, and thereafter, if the joint-claim couple are in Northern Ireland the amount applicable to them under regulations 86B to 86D, as the case may be, as if any member of the polygamous marriage not in the United Kingdom were not a member of the marriage.

Members of joint-claim couples in residential accommodation

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a joint-claim couple where one member is in or only temporarily absent from residential accommodation.

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• (1) £72·50 of which £16·05 is for personal expenses.

Members of joint-claim couples temporarily absent from a hostel, residential care or nursing home

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A joint-claim couple where a member is temporarily absent from accommodation for which he is liable to pay a retaining fee, and, but for his temporary absence from that accommodation, his applicable amount would be calculated in accordance with regulation 86D, and

• (a) he is a person in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust of a kind specified in the definition of residential accommodation in regulation 85(4) and paragraph 9 does not apply to him by reason only that his stay in that accommodation has not become other than temporary; or

• (b) he is a person to whom paragraph 1 applies.

10

The amount otherwise applicable to the joint-claim couple under these Regulations may be increased to take account of the retaining fee by an amount not exceeding 80 per cent. of the applicable amount referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 3A and any such increase shall not be for a continuous period of more than 52 weeks.

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A joint-claim couple to whom regulation 86D applies immediately before either member became a patient where—

11

SCHEDULE 16 — Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Provisions in Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations	Specified Sum
Regulation 145(1)[^f00100]	Applicable amount to be reduced by a sum equivalent to 40 per cent. or, as the case may be, 20 per cent. of the specified amount.
Regulation 146G(1)[^f00101]	Applicable amount to be reduced by a sum equivalent to 40 per cent. or, as the case may be, 20 per cent. of the specified amount.
Regulation 148(1)(a)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148(1)(b)(i)x	90 per cent. of the amount of the allowance for personal expenses or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148(1)(c)(i)	98 per cent. of the applicable amount for persons in residential accommodation.
Regulation 148(1)(d)	90 per cent. of the applicable amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(a)(i)[^f00102]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(b)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount of the allowance for personal expenses or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(c)	98 per cent. of the applicable amount for persons in residential accommodation.
Regulation 148A(1)(d)	90 per cent. of the applicable amount.
Schedule 2, paragraph 6(1)(b)	Half the amount which would fall to be met by applying the provisions of sub-paragraph (a).
Schedule 2, paragraph 6(1)(c)	Nil.
Schedule 2, paragraph 7(1)(b)	Nil.
Schedule 2, paragraph 9(1)	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by the formula $(A×B)×C52.$
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(4)	£100,000.
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(6)(a)	The alternative appropriate amount shall be calculated using the formula $P×Q.$
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(10)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by the formula $R×ST.$
Schedule 2, paragraph 11(2) and (3)	5 per cent.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th February 2001.

John O'Neill — Senior Officer of the — Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2001/207

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 5

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 8; section 132 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49) 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)

[^f00004]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00005]: Section 35A was inserted by Article 50(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

[^f00007]: S.R. 2000 No. 260

[^f00008]: S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00012]: Paragraph 20M was inserted by paragraph 53(4) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350 and sub-paragraph (6) was added by regulation 4(c)(vi) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00013]: S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)

[^f00014]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00015]: 1993 c. 49

[^f00016]: S.R. 1996 No. 520

[^f00017]: S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1988 No. 314, S.R. 1989 No. 125, S.R. 1990 No. 136, S.R. 1992 Nos. 85 and 549, S.R. 1993 No. 381, S.R. 1996 No. 448, S.R. 1997 Nos. 3, 4, 22 and 113, S.R. 1998 Nos. 73 and 112 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 38, 245, 260, 365 and 367

[^f00018]: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 274, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 Nos. 139 and 249, S.R. 1990 Nos. 131, 213 and 346, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149 and 373, S.R. 1994 No. 77, S.R. 1995 Nos. 301 and 434, S.R. 1996 Nos. 199, 288, 449 and 476, S.R. 1997 Nos. 3 and 165, S.R. 1998 Nos. 81 and 112, S.R. 1999 Nos. 371(C. 28), 382 and 472 (C. 36) and S.R. 2000 Nos. 4, 38, 71, 196, 260 and 367

[^f00019]: S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1996 Nos. 288, 356, 358 and 476, S.R. 1997 Nos. 3 and 130, S.R. 1998 No. 112, S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32) and S.R. 2000 Nos. 38, 71, 260, 350 and 367

[^f00020]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00021]: Section 44(4) was substituted by Article 64 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))

[^f00022]: Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)) and paragraph 18(12) to (18) of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))

[^f00023]: 1975 c. 15; section 120 was repealed by Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)

[^f00024]: S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18); Article 64 was repealed by Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

[^f00025]: See section 55A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act as inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

[^f00026]: Section 55C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

[^f00027]: See section 132(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as amended by paragraph 41(c) of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993. See also the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 36)

[^f00028]: Section 30B was inserted by Article 4(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 and amended by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and paragraph 21 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

[^f00029]: Child’s special allowance was abolished except for existing beneficiaries as from 6th April 1987; see section 56(6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

[^f00030]: Section 47(1) was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994; see also regulation 23 of S.R. 1995 No. 35; section 48C was inserted by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

[^f00031]: Section 71(1) was amended by paragraph 32(2) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15))

[^f00032]: S.R. 1987 No. 30; relevant amending rule is S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00033]: 1966 c. 6 (N.I.); sections 35 and 36 were repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38) but are continued in force by regulation 2 of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (S.R. 1978 No. 105); see also S.R. 1995 No. 483

[^f00034]: S.R. 1978 No. 105; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 373

[^f00035]: S.R. 1992 No. 32; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1993 No. 340 and S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00036]: S.R. 1976 No. 223; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1977 No. 248, S.R. 1991 No. 82, S.R. 1996 No. 288, S.R. 1998 No. 239 and S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00037]: S.R. 1994 No. 461; relevant amending rule is S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00038]: S.R. 1995 No. 35; relevant amending rule is S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00039]: Paragraph 13A was inserted by regulation 2(c)(ii) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00040]: Paragraph 3 was amended by regulation 18 of S.R. 1988 No. 318, regulation 5(4)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 288 and regulation 8 of S.R. 1998 No. 112

[^f00041]: Schedule 3 was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1995 No. 301 and paragraph 18 was amended by regulation 2(3)(j) of S.R. 1995 No. 434, regulation 3 of S.R. 1997 No. 3, regulation 3 of S.R. 1997 No. 165 and Article 7(2) of S.R. 1999 No. 472 (C. 36)

[^f00042]: S.R. 1987 No. 460; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 132 and 153, S.R. 1989 No. 371 and S.R. 1991 No. 341

[^f00043]: Paragraph 13A was inserted by regulation 3(b)(ii) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00047]: Paragraph 1A was inserted by regulation 7(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 314 and sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) were amended by regulation 14 of S.R. 1997 No. 22

[^f00048]: Part I was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1998 No.73 and amended by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 245

[^f00049]: Paragraph 3(1) was amended by regulation 6(a) of S.R. 1997 No. 4 and regulation 5(a) of S.R. 1998 No. 112

[^f00050]: Part IV was substituted by Schedule 2 to S.R. 1998 No. 73 and amended by regulation 4(2)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 260 and regulation 3(b)(iii) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00051]: Paragraph 15A was inserted by regulation 4(c)(ii) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

[^f00052]: Paragraph 4 was amended by regulation 9(4)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 288 and regulation 10 of S.R. 1998 No. 112

[^f00053]: Part IVB was inserted by paragraph 53(4) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00054]: Schedule 3A was inserted by paragraph 55 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00055]: Schedule 4A was inserted by paragraph 57 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00056]: S.R. 2000 No. 38

[^f00059]: Part II was substituted by Article 51(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

[^f00073]: S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 7

[^f00075]: S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)

[^f00082]: Regulation 22A was inserted by regulation 13 of S.R. 1996 No. 199 and paragraph (1) was amended by Article 9(2)(a) of S.R. 1999 No. 371 (C. 28) and regulation 4(2)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 4

[^f00084]: Schedule 3 was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1995 No. 301; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 434 and S.R. 2000 No. 196

[^f00093]: Part IVB was inserted by paragraph 53(4) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00095]: Schedule 3A was inserted by paragraph 55 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00098]: 1945 c. 6 (N.I.); sections 2 and 3 were amended by section 1 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 4 (N.I.)) and Schedule 18 to the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3))

[^f00099]: 1950 c. 29 (N.I.); section 1 was amended by Article 3 of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1087 (N.I. 10))

[^f00100]: Regulation 145(1) was amended by regulation 13(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 356 and regulation 28 of S.R. 1996 No. 358

[^f00101]: Regulation 146G was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 350

[^f00102]: Regulation 148A was inserted by paragraph 47 of Schedule 2 of S.R. 2000 No. 350

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