The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 13th March 2002

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 — REVOCATIONS

Revocations

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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 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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£75·50 of which £16·80 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

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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).

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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, £75·50 of which £16·80 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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£75·50 of which £16·80 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—

• (a) a single claimant;

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

• (a) £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses;

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)[^f00074]	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)(c)(i)	98 per cent. of the applicable amount for persons in residential accommodation.
Regulation 71(1)(d)[^f00075]	90 per cent. of the applicable amount.
Schedule 3[^f00076], 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 $A×B52$
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)	5·34 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 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 9 — Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 10 — Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

SCHEDULE 11 — 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 £15·10 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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£75·50 of which £16·80 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 £75·50 of which £16·80 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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£75·50 of which £16·80 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—

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

Provisions in Schedule 4A to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 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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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.

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 residential accommodation in regulation 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 £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses.

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) £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses.

SCHEDULE 13 — 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)[^f00088]	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)[^f00089]	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)[^f00090]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable 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)[^f00091]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(c)	98 per cent. of the applicable amount forpersons 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[^f00092]	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by the formula $A×B52$
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 13th March 2002.

John G. Hunter — Senior Officer of the — Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2002/668

[^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))

[^f00006]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00007]: 1993 c. 49

[^f00008]: S.R. 1996 No. 520