{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/73",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Homes for persons in need",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a home for persons in need, for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—\n(a) old age and infirmity, the appropriate amount shall be £203·00 per week;\n(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £214·00 per week;\n(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £214·00 per week;\n(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £244·00 per week;\n(e) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—\n(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £276·00 per week, or\n(ii) in any other case, £203·00 per week.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 6 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(h)"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/73/schedule/6/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:27.338611+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."
}