The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made: 4th March 2004

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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PART I — INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and effect

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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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Statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay

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Graduated retirement benefit

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Disability living allowance

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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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Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit

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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 — STATE PENSION CREDIT

State pension credit

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PART VI — REVOCATION

Revocation

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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 — INCOME SUPPORT: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES

PART I — provisions in schedule 7 to the income support regulations as amended by this order

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Subject to paragraphs 2, 2A and 3, a person who has been a patient for a period of more than 52 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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A single claimant who is detained in hospital under the provisions of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986[^f00079] and who immediately before his detention under that Order was a prisoner.

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£15·90.

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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 from abroad

SCHEDULE 5 — OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

Column (1)	Column (2)
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)(d)[^f00083]	90 per cent. of the applicable amount.
Schedule 3[^f00084], paragraph 6(1)(b)	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	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by the formula $A×B.52$
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 $R×S.T$
Schedule 3, paragraph 12(1)(a)	5·33 per cent.
Schedule 3, paragraph 12(2) and (3)	5 per cent.

SCHEDULE 6 — PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 7 — PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 8 — PART I OF SCHEDULE 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 9 — PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 10 — PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 11 — PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 12 — PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 13 — 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

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Subject to paragraphs 2 and 15, a person who has been a patient for more than 52 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 (1) shall be £15·90 instead of an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, 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

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

SCHEDULE 14 — JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES IN SPECIAL CASES

PART I — provisions in schedule 4a to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations as amended by this order

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A joint-claim couple where one member –

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PART II — other sums specified in schedule 4A to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations

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Members of Religious Orders

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Nil.

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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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£77·45 and £17·50

SCHEDULE 15 — OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

Column (1)	Column (2)
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)[^f00102]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148(1)(d)	90 per cent. of the applicable amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(a)(i)[^f00103]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(d)	98 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[^f00104]	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by the formula $A×B.52$
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(4)	£100,000.
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(6)(a)	The appropriate amount shall be a sum determined by applying the formula $P×Q.$
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(10)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by the formula $R×S.T$
Schedule 2, paragraph 11(2) and (3)	5 per cent.

SCHEDULE 16 — OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS

Column (1)	Column (2)
Provisions in State Pension Credit Regulations	Specified Sum
Regulation 6(3)(a)	Nil.
Regulation 6(3)(b)	Nil.
Regulation 7(3)	Nil.
Schedule 2, paragraph 7(1)	The weekly amount of housing costs shall be calculated by applying the formula $A×B.52$
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(2)	£100,000.
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(4)(a)	The sum shall be determined by applying the formula $P×Q.$
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(8)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by the formula $P×S.T$
Schedule 2, paragraph 9(2) and (3)	5 per cent.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 4th March 2004.

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

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2004/552

[^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]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00006]: 1993 c. 49

[^f00007]: S.R. 1996 No. 520

[^f00008]: S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1988 No. 314, S.R. 1992 No. 549, S.R. 1994 No. 88, S.R. 1996 Nos. 93 and 448, S.R. 1997 Nos. 3, 4, 22 and 515, S.R. 1998 Nos. 73 and 112, S.R. 1999 No. 298 and 382, S.R. 2000 Nos. 260 and 367, S.R. 2001 No. 259, S.R. 2002 No. 323 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 1, 155, 196, 197, 261, 338, and 418

[^f00009]: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 Nos. 139 and 249, S.R. 1990 Nos. 131, 213 and 346, S.R. 1994 No. 77, S.R. 1995 Nos. 86, 301 and 434, S.R. 1996 Nos. 199, 288 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), S.R. 2000 Nos. 4, 71, 260 and 367, S.R. 2001 No. 406, S.R. 2002 Nos. 132 and 323 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 155, 191 and 261 and S.R. 2004 No. 72