{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-6/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Nursing homes",
  "text": "Subject to paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a nursing home for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—\n(a) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £326·00 per week;\n(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £332·00 per week;\n(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £326·00 per week;\n(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—\n(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £367·00 per week, or\n(ii) in any other case, £325·00 per week;\n(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £325·00 per week; or\n(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £325·00 per week.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/50",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/50/schedule/6/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:21:14.913343+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."
}