# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Article 17: Disability working allowance

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992—
(a) in regulation 15(1)(c) (calculation of income on a weekly basis) for “£40” there shall be substituted “£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 “£54·75” there shall be substituted “£56·40”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£73·00” there shall be substituted “£75·20”;
(e) in paragraph 19(b) of Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for “£9·20” there shall be substituted “£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/nisr/1996/73/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-17
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