{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1994/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1994/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1994/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1994",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Housing benefit",
  "text": "In the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 —\n(a) in regulations 16(b) and 17(c) and in paragraph 14(a) of Schedule 2, in so far as they relate to rent, the sum specified in each case is £3,000;\n(b) in regulation 63 (non-dependant deductions)—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(a)(i) for “£21.00” there shall be substituted “£25.00”,\n(ii) in paragraph (1)(b)(i) for “£4.00” there shall be substituted “£5.00”,\n(iii) in paragraph (2)(a) for “£70.00” there shall be substituted “£72.00”,\n(iv) in paragraph (2)(b) for “£70.00”, “£105.00” and “£8.00” there shall be substituted “£72.00”, “£108.00” and “£9.00” respectively, and\n(v) in paragraph (2)(c) for “£105.00”, “£135.00” and “£12.00” there shall be substituted “£108.00”, “£139.00” and “£13.00” respectively; and\n(c) in Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges)—\n(i) in paragraph 1A for “£15.75”, “£15.75”, “£7.95”, “£10.45”, “£10.45”, “£5.25”, and“£1.90” there shall be substituted “£16.30”, “£16.30”, “£8.25”, “£10.80”, “£10.80”, “£5.45” and “£1.95” respectively, and\n(ii) in paragraph 5(2) the sums specified are £8.60, £1.05, £0.70 and £1.05 respectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending provisions are S.R. 1988 No. 314, S.R. 1989 No. 125, S.R. 1990 No. 136, S.R. 1991 No. 79, S.R. 1992 No. 85 and S.R. 1993 Nos. 150 and 381"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1994/74/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:45.983951+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."
}