# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 23: Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The sums relevant to the calculation of an applicable amount as specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be the sums set out in the following provisions of this Article and Schedules 9 to 13 to this Order; and for this purpose a reference in this Article to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or Schedule to, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations bearing that number.
(2) In regulations 83(b), 84(1)(c), 85(1) and 148(1)(a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (iii), (c)(ii) and (d)(i), in paragraph 16(a) of Part III of Schedule 1 and in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 the sum specified is in each case £3,000.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the sums specified in Part I of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: personal allowances) shall be as set out in Schedule 9 to this Order.
(4) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 as it has effect by virtue of regulation 10(1) of the Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons Regulations (transitional provisions)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£24·10” there shall be substituted “£24·75”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (c) for “£28·85” there shall be substituted “£29·60”; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (d) for “£37·90” there shall be substituted “£38·90”.
(5) In paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: family premium)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) the sum specified is £15·75; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£10·55” there shall be substituted “£10·80”.
(6) The sums specified in Part IV of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: weekly amounts of premiums) shall be as set out in Schedule 10 to this Order.
(7) In paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 2 (housing costs: non-dependant deductions)—
(a) in head (a) for “£32·00” there shall be substituted “£33·00”; and
(b) in head (b) for “£6·00” there shall be substituted “£7·00”.
(8) In paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 2—
(a) in head (a) for “£76·00” there shall be substituted “£78·00”;
(b) in head (b) for “£76·00”, “£114·00” and “£12·00” there shall be substituted “£78·00”, “£116·00” and “£13·00” respectively; and
(c) in head (c) for “£114·00”, “£150·00” and “£16·00” there shall be substituted “£116·00”, “£152·00” and “£17·00” respectively.
(9) Subject to paragraph (2), those sums relevant to the calculation of an applicable amount which are specified in Schedule 3 (applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes) shall be as set out in Schedule 11 to this Order.
(10) Those sums relevant to the calculation of an applicable amount which are specified in Schedule 4 (applicable amounts in special cases) shall be as set out in Schedule 12 to this Order.
(11) The sums specified in any provision of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations set out in column (1) of Schedule 13 to this Order are the sums set out in column (2) of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/113/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-23
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