# Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Section 93: Dependency increases on termination of employment after period of entitlement to disability working allowance.

Extent: N.I.

Where—
(a) a person becomes entitled—
(i) to the higher rate of short-term incapacity benefit, or to long-term incapacity benefit, by virtue of section 30C(5) or (6) or section 42 above;. . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) when he was last entitled to that benefit. . ., it was increased in respect of a dependant by virtue of—
(i) regulation 8(6) of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
(ii) regulation 3 of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984;
(iii) regulation 2 of the Social Security (Savings for Existing Beneficiaries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984; or
(iv) regulation 4 of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency and Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989,
for the purpose of determining whether his benefit. . . should be increased by virtue of that regulation for any period beginning with the day on which he again becomes entitled to his benefit. . ., the increase in respect of that dependant shall be treated as having been payable to him on each day between the last day on which his benefit. . . was previously payable and the day on which he again becomes entitled to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7/section/93 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-93
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