# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) S.R. 2015/124 · made 5 March 2015 · revised to 5 May 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2015-revoked/pdf/nisr_20150124_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 27th April 2015Made 5th March 2015 Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation, commencement and effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: 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 and 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 changed by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Earnings limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Statutory sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory maternity pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Ordinary and additional statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: 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 4: 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 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 24 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 25 Applicable amounts for employment and support allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: REVOCATION ## 26 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: ... ## Schedule 2: Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: ... ## Schedule 4: ... ## Schedule 5: Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythis Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: ... ## Schedule 7: ... ## Schedule 8: ... ## Schedule 9: Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: ... ## Schedule 11: ... ## Schedule 12: ... ## Schedule 13: ... ## Schedule 14: Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part 1: PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15: ... ## Schedule 16: ... ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/124 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2015-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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