# The Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2026, Article 6: Rates of industrial injuries benefit and date on which changes take effect


(1) The sums specified in Part V (rates of industrial injuries benefit) of schedule 4 (rates of benefits, etc) of the 1992 Act are amended so that Part V has effect as set out in the schedule of this Order.
(2) The increases made by paragraph (1) take effect on 6 April 2026 except those set out in the following entries in the schedule which take effect on 8 April 2026—
(a) entry 1 (the weekly rates of disablement pension),
(b) entry 4 (the maximum of aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents under section 107(1) of the 1992 Act),
(c) entry 8 (the weekly rate of disablement pension adult dependents),
(d) entry 9 (the maximum disablement gratuity under paragraph 9(2) of schedule 7 of the 1992 Act),
(e) entries 10 and 11 (the weekly rates of industrial death benefit by way of widow’s and widower’s pension).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065082/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-up-rating-scotland-order-2026/article-6
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