# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004 (revoked) S.I. 2004/552 · made 2 March 2004 · revised to 1 April 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2004-revoked/pdf/uksi_20040552_300604_en.pdf; Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2004-revoked/pdf/uksi_20040552_en.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Made 2nd March 2004 Coming into force in accordance with article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation, commencement and effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS ## 3 Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Increase in rates of certain workmen’s compensation and industrial diseases benefits in respect of employment before 5th July 1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Earnings Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory Sick Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory Maternity Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Increase in rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Increase in rates of transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: INCOME SUPPORT, HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT ## 16 Applicable amounts for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Income Support Transitional Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 The Relevant Sum for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Housing Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Council Tax Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Council Tax Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE ## 23 Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 The Prescribed Sum for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 26 State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: REVOCATION ## 27 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER “SCHEDULE 4 RATES OF BENEFITS, ETC. PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” ## Schedule 2 PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 2 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: INCOME SUPPORT: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES ## I PROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 7 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS WHICH ARE AMENDED BY THIS ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II OTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 7 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 2 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 PART I OF SCHEDULE 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 2A APPLICABLE AMOUNTS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE ATTAINED OR WHOSE PARTNER HAS ATTAINED THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR STATE PENSION CREDIT PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 2A APPLICABLE AMOUNTS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE ATTAINED OR WHOSE PARTNER HAS ATTAINED THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR STATE PENSION CREDIT PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS ### Chapter PART I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 1 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS PART IV AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12 PART I OF SCHEDULE 1A TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 1A APPLICABLE AMOUNTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ATTAINED OR WHOSE PARTNER HAS ATTAINED THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR STATE PENSION CREDIT PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1A TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 1A APPLICABLE AMOUNTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ATTAINED OR WHOSE PARTNER HAS ATTAINED THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR STATE PENSION CREDIT PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14 PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER SCHEDULE 1 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 16 PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 17: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES ## I PROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 5 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS WHICH ARE AMENDED BY THIS ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II OTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 5 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 18: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES IN SPECIAL CASES ## I PROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 5A TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS WHICH ARE AMENDED BY THIS ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II OTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 5A TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 19 OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 20 OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/552 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2004-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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