Regulation 52 Applicable amount

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 52(1)(a) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1996 art. 17(d)(i)
reg. 52(1)(b) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1996 art. 17(d)(ii)
reg. 52(1)(a) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1999 art. 17(c)(i)
reg. 52(1)(b) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1999 art. 17(c)(ii)
reg. 52(1)(a) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1997 art. 17(c)(i)
reg. 52(1)(b) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1997 art. 17(c)(ii)

(1)

The applicable amount for the purposes of Article 21(6A)(c) of the Order^f1 shall, in the case of a claimant who is—

(a)

single, be £39.95 per week; and

(b)

a member of a married or unmarried couple, or a lone parent, be £66.60 per week.

(2)

For the purposes of Article 21(6D) of the Order the prescribed date is the date on which the period under Article 21(6F) of the Order begins.

Annotations

f1: Paragraphs (6A), (6D) and (6F) were inserted by Article 8(4) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1712 (N.I. 17))