{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1998/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1998/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110654587",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1998",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Family Credit",
  "text": "(1) In the Family Credit Regulations—\n(a) in regulation 46(4) (determination of appropriate maximum family credit) the capital sum prescribed is £3,000;\n(b) in regulation 46(4), (5) and (6), the amount specified for the credit in respect of a child or young person is NIL;\n(c) in regulation 47(1) (applicable amount), for the sum of £77.15 there shall be substituted the sum of £79.00; and\n(d) subject to paragraph (2) of this article, in Schedule 4 (determination of maximum family credit), the sums prescribed shall be as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.\n(2) In Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as it has effect by virtue of regulation 10(3) of the Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (transitional provisions)—\n(a) in paragraph 2(b) for the sum of £19.95 there shall be substituted the sum of £20.45;\n(b) in paragraph 3(a) for the sum of £24.80 there shall be substituted the sum of £25.40; and\n(c) in paragraph 3(b) for the sum of £34.70 there shall be substituted the sum of £35.55.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/2155."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/2545; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1997/806."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110654587/article/16",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}