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Part I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

Northern Ireland

Description of benefit		Weekly rate
2.^f1	Short-term incapacity benefit.	(a) lower rate	£110.70
		(b) higher rate	£130.90
2A.	Long-term incapacity benefit.		£146.60
5.^f2	Category B retirement pension where section 48A(4) or 48AA(4) applies.		£110.75

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraphs 2 and 2A were substituted for paragraph 2 by Article 4(2) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12))
f2: Paragraph 5 was amended by paragraph 18(11) of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and paragraph 59 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.))

Notes on Schedule 1

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 in operation at 1.4.2026 for specified purposes, see art. 1(1)(b)(i)(2)(3)(a)
I2: Sch. 1 in operation at 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(1)(b)(ii)(2)(3)(a)