# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (revoked) S.R. 2004/82 · made 4 March 2004 · revised to 14 April 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2004-revoked/pdf/nisr_20040082_en.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES Made 4th March 2004 Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation, commencement and effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 Statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE ## 21 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Prescribed sum for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 24 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: REVOCATION ## 25 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 PROVISIONS OF 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART I personal allowances 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2A TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART IV amounts of premium specified in part iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10 PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER PART I personal allowances 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11 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 12 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 13: 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 14: JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES IN SPECIAL CASES ## I provisions in schedule 4a to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations as amended by this order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II other sums specified in schedule 4A to the jobseeker’s allowance regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15 OTHER APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 16 OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/82 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2004-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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