# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (revoked) S.R. 2002/99 · made 13 March 2002 · revised to 8 April 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2002-revoked/pdf/nisr_20020099_en.pdf ## Introductory text Order made by the Department for Social Development and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation SOCIAL SECURITY STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; HOUSING; RATES Made 13th March 2002 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 III: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 16 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Relevant sum for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Housing benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE ## 20 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: REVOCATIONS ## 23 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 Bereavement Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part III Non-contributory Periodical Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part IV Increases for Dependants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V Rate of Industrial Injuries Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order Part I Personal Allowances 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 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 4: 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 5 Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 Part I of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order Part I Personal Allowances 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order Part IV Amounts of Premiums Specified in Part III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order Part I Personal Allowances 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 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 10 Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order Part IVB Weekly Amounts of Premiums Specified in Part IVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: 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 12: Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Joint-Claim Couples in Special Cases ### Part: Provisions in Schedule 4A to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ## Schedule 13 Other applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/99 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2002-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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