{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-86A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-86A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/7",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992",
  "path": "section/86A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86A",
  "heading": "Incapacity benefit: increase for adult dependants.",
  "text": "(1) The weekly rates of short-term and long-term incapacity benefit shall, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, be increased for adult dependants by the appropriate amount specified in relation to benefit of that description in Schedule 4, Part IV, column (3).\n(2) Regulations may provide that where the person in respect of whom an increase of benefit is claimed has earnings in excess of such amount as may be prescribed there shall be no increase of benefit under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 86A inserted (21.11.1994 for the purpose of making regulations and 13.4.1995 otherwise) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 4(4) (with art. 15(1)); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2007/2",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7/section/86A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:23.179265+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."
}