# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1996, Article 17: Disability Working Allowance


In the Disability Working Allowance Regulations—
(a) in regulation 15(1)(c), for the sum of £40 there shall be substituted the sum of £60;
(b) in regulation 51(4) (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance), the capital sum prescribed is £3,000;
(c) in regulation 51 (4), (5) and (6), the amount specified for the allowance in respect of a child or young person is NIL;
(d) in regulation 52(1) (applicable amount)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the sum of £54.75 there shall be substituted the sum of £56.40;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the sum of £73.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £75.20; and
(e) in paragraph 19(b) of Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for the sum of £9.20 there shall be substituted the sum of £9.25; and
(f) in Schedule 5 (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance) the sums prescribed shall be increased so as to have effect as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/599/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1996/article-17
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