# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (revoked) S.R. 2022/231 · made 27 September 2022 · revised to 27 March 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2022-revoked/pdf/nisr_20220231_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2022-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20220231_en.pdf ## Introductory text Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation Social Security Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates Made 27th September 2022 Coming into operation 28th September 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 payand 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 additionto long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transitional invalidity allowanceinlong-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Bereavement support payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 20 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Relevant sum for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Housing benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE ## 25 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 29 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 30 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 32 Universal credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATION ## 33 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act asamended by this Order ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part 1: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 asamended by this Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 asamended by this Order ### Part IVB: WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA ## Schedule 11 Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order 1. This paragraph applies to cases other than those falling within paragraphs 2 to 7 of Schedule 2 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2017. ### Part 1: PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 1: PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: 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 13 Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/231 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2022-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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