{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2026/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2026/schedule-6/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/59",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The amount specified in column (2) in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the amount specified for the purposes of regulation 20—\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\nPerson, couple or polygamous marriage\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant or lone parent—\n(1)\n(b)\nwho has attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021.\n(b)\n£256.00.\n(c)\nwho has attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c)\n£238.00\n(2) Couple—\n(2)\n(b)\none member or both members who have attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021.\n(b)\n£383.35.\n(c)\nboth members who have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c)\n£363.25\n(4) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of the marriage have attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021—\n(4)\n(a)\nfor the claimant and the other party to the marriage;\n(a)\n£383.35;\n(b)\nfor each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.\n(b)\n£127.35.\n(5) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and all members of the marriage have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021—\n(5)\n(a)\nfor the claimant and the other party to the marriage;\n(a)\n£363.25\n(b)\nfor each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.\n(b)\n£125.25",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Table in paragraph 1 was amended by regulation 7(7) of S.R. 2017 No. 242 and by Schedule 6 to S.R. 2025 No. 64"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/59/schedule/6/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:23:56.777675+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."
}