# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 (revoked) S.R. 1998/59 · made 2 March 1998 · revised to 15 April 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; HOUSING Made 2nd March 1998 Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Introduction ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Social Security Benefits and Pensions ## 3 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Workmen’s compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Earnings limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory maternity pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Child benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: Part III ## 16 Family credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Disability working allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Relevant sum for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Housing benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Jobseeker’s Allowance ## 22 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Transitional Provisions and Revocations ## 25 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 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 Widow’s Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part III Non-contributory Periodical Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part IV Increases for Dependants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V Rate of Industrial Injuries Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order SCHEDULE 4 Determination of maximum family credit: adult, child and young person credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order SCHEDULE 5 Determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance: claimant, child and young person allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 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 6: Income Support: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes ### Part I: Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order ## 6 Homes for persons in need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Nursing homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Personal allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Other sums specific in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Income Support: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases ## I Provisions in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Other sums specified in Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10 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 11: Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes ### Part I: Provisions in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ## 5 Residential care homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Nursing homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Personal allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Other sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts in Special Cases ## I Provisions in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Other sums specified in Schedule 4 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/59 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1998-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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