{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-163",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/280",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/163",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "163",
  "heading": "Applicable amounts in urgent cases",
  "text": "For the purposes of calculating any entitlement to an income-related allowance under this Part—\n(a) except in a case to which paragraph (b) or (c) applies, a claimant’s weekly applicable amount is to be the aggregate of—\n(i) 90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.\n(ii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part 3 of Schedule 4 (premiums),\n(iii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part 4 of Schedule 4 (components), and\n(iv) any amounts applicable under regulation 67(1)(c) or, as the case may be, 68(1)(d) (housing costs);\n(b) in the case of a claimant to whom any paragraph of Schedule 5 (special cases) applies, the applicable amount is to be the aggregate of—\n(i) 90 per cent. of the amount applicable in respect of the claimant and partner.\n(ii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part 3 of Schedule 4 (premiums),\n(iii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part 4 of Schedule 4 (components), and\n(iv) any amounts applicable under regulation 67(1)(c) or, as the case may be, 68(1)(d) (housing costs); or\n(c) in the case of a claimant to whom regulation 162(2) applies, where that claimant is appealing to an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 1998 Order, against a decision which embodies a determination that the claimant does not have limited capability for work, the applicable amount is to be the aggregate of—\n(i) 90 per cent. of the amount applicable or, as the case may be, of the reduced amount.\n(ii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part 3 of Schedule 4 (premiums), and\n(iii) any amounts applicable under regulation 67(1)(c) or, as the case may be, 68(1)(d) (housing costs).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 13 omitted (25.1.2010 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/6), regs. 1(3), 2(1)(d) (with reg. 2(2)-(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in Reg. 163(a)(i) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), art. 25(6), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in Reg. 163(b)(i) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), art. 25(6), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in Reg. 163(c)(i) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), art. 25(6), Sch. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/280/regulation/163",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:16.781320+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}