# The Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (revoked) S.R. 2018/56 · made 16 March 2018 · revised to 8 May 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-2017-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2018-revoked/pdf/nisr_20180056_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-2017-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2018-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20180056_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates Made 16th March 2018 Coming into operation 24th March 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS ## 3 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Earnings limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Statutory sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory maternity pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Maximum additional pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Personal independence payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 19 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Housing benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE ## 23 Applicable amounts for jobseeker's allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 24 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 25 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 27 Universal credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATIONS ## 28 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ## IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12 Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14: Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order ## 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15 Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 16 Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 17 Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/56 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-2017-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2018-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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