The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2012

Made: 14th March 2012

Laid before Parliament: 15th March 2012

Coming into force: 11th April 2012

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[^f00001].

Citation and Commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 11th April 2012.

Increase in earnings limits in respect of dependent children and qualifying young persons

2

In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7[^f00002] to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—

• (a) in paragraph (a), for “£205” substitute “£215”; and

• (b) in paragraph (b), for “£27” substitute “£28”, and for “£205” substitute “£215”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Steve Webb — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 14th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 increases the weekly rate of a disablement pension, where the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit in respect of one or more children or qualifying young persons.

Paragraph 4(4) applies where such a beneficiary is one or two persons who are spouses or civil partners residing together, or who are living together as husband and wife or civil partners, and the other person had earnings in any week. It provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child or qualifying young person if the other person’s earnings are £205 a week or more and in respect of further children or qualifying young persons for each complete £27 by which those earnings exceed £205. This Order increases those amounts from £205 to £215, and from £27 to £28 respectively.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.4. Paragraph 4 was amended by section 254(1) of, and Schedule 24 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), and section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6)

[^f00002]: The figures in paragraph 4(4) were substituted by article 2 of S.I. 2011/869.