{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/92",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order corresponds to an Order (S.I. 2016/230) made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under section 150A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and includes details of the sums mentioned in that section.\nArticle 3 and the Schedule increase certain benefits specified in Parts I, III and V of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. These are the amounts of a category B and D retirement pension and widow’s pension (apart from the amount of the initial rate) and widower’s pension in industrial death benefit.\nArticle 4 increases the amounts of the basic pension in a Category A retirement pension.\nArticle 5 increases the amount of a Category C retirement pension.\nArticle 6 increases the amount of the standard minimum guarantee in state pension credit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/92/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:58.982650+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."
}