# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (revoked) S.R. 2017/56 · made 15 March 2017 · revised to 25 September 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2017-revoked/pdf/nisr_20170056_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2017-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20170056_en.pdf ## Introductory text Order made by the Department for Communities 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; Employment; Housing; Rates Made 15th March 2017 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 Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Earnings limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory maternity pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Maximum additional pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Personal independence payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 20 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Housing benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE ## 24 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 25 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 26 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 28 Universal credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATIONS ## 29 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act asamended by this Order ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythis Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamended by this Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part IVB: WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA ## Schedule 12 Applicable amounts specified in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 Other amounts specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14: Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order ## 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15 Applicable amounts specified in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 16 Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 17 Other amounts specified in the Universal Credit Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/56 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2017-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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