# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (revoked) S.R. 2006/109 · made 10 March 2006 · revised to 12 April 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2006-revoked/pdf/nisr_20060109_en.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES Made 10th March 2006 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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14 Jobseeker’s allowance: applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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/2006/109 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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