The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made: 10th March 2009

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 changed 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 — EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Applicable amounts for employment and support allowance

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PART VII — REVOCATION

Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act asamended by this Order

SCHEDULE 2 — Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order

SCHEDULE 3 — Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 4 — 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 applying the formula—
	$A x B 52$
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(5)[^f00085]	£100,000.
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(7)(a)	The appropriate amount shall be a sum determined by applying the formula P x Q.
Schedule 3, paragraph 11(11)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by applying the formula—
	$R x S T$
Schedule 3, paragraph 12(2)[^f00086]	The standard rate is to be 6∙08 per cent.
Schedule 7, paragraph 2A[^f00087]	Nil.
Schedule 7, paragraph 7	Nil.
Schedule 7, paragraph 8(a)	Nil
Schedule 7, paragraph 15[^f00088]	Nil.

SCHEDULE 5 — Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

PART I — PERSONAL ALLOWANCES

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SCHEDULE 6 — Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 7 — Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 8 — Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 9 — Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 10 — Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 11 — Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamendedbythisOrder

SCHEDULE 12 — Applicable amounts specified in theJobseeker’sAllowanceRegulations

Column (1)	Column (2)
Provisions in Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations	Specified Sum
Regulation 145(1)[^f00097]	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)[^f00098]	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)[^f00099]	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 amount applicable.
Regulation 148A(1)(a)(i)[^f00100]	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 148A(1)(d)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable.
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[^f00101]	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by applying the formula—
	$A x B 52$
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(4)[^f00102]	£100,000.
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(6)(a)	The appropriate amount shall be a sum determined by applying the formula P x Q.
Schedule 2, paragraph 10(10)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by applying the formula—
	$R x S T$
Schedule 2, paragraph 11(2)[^f00103]	The standard rate is to be 6∙08 per cent.
Schedule 4, paragraph 4	Nil.
Schedule 4, paragraph 14[^f00104]	Nil.
Schedule 4A[^f00105], paragraph 3	Nil.

SCHEDULE 13 — 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—
	$A x B 52$
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(2)[^f00106]	£100,000.
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(4)(a)	The sum shall be determined by applying the formula P x Q.
Schedule 2, paragraph 8(8)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by applying the formula—
	$R x S T$
Schedule 2, paragraph 9(2)[^f00107]	The standard rate is to be 6∙08 per cent.
Schedule 3, paragraph 2[^f00108]	Nil.

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

Column (1)	Column (2)
Provisions in Employment and Support Allowance Regulations	Specified Sum
Regulation 163(a)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Regulation 163(b)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable in respect of the claimant and partner.
Regulation 163(c)(i)	90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.
Schedule 6, paragraph 8(1)(c)	Nil.
Schedule 6, paragraph 11	The weekly amount of housing costs is the amount calculated by applying the formula—
	$A x B 52$
Schedule 6, paragraph 12(4)[^f00110]	£100,000.
Schedule 6, paragraph 12(6)(a)	The appropriate amount shall be a sum determined by applying the formula P x Q.
Schedule 6, paragraph 12(10)	The qualifying portion of a loan shall be determined by applying the formula—
	$R x S T$
Schedule 6, paragraph 13(2)[^f00111]	The standard rate is to be 6.08 per cent.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2009

John O’Neill — A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 8; section 132 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c.49), 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)

[^f00002]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00003]: S.I. 2009/497

[^f00004]: 1992 c. 5

[^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)) and subsection (1) was substituted by section 4(1)(a) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10 (N.I.))

[^f00006]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00007]: 1993 c. 49

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

[^f00009]: S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 Nos. 413 and 503

[^f00010]: S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2008 Nos. 92 and 378

[^f00011]: S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2008 Nos. 92 and 498

[^f00012]: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 318, S.R. 1989 Nos. 139 and 249, S.R. 1990 Nos. 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 No.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 No. 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 191 and 261, S.R. 2004 Nos. 394 and 461, S.R. 2006 Nos. 97 and 128 and S.R 2007 No. 154 and S.R. 2008 Nos. 92 and 503