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Regulation 9 Increase in rate of incapacity benefit where beneficiary is under prescribed age on the qualifying date

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

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(1)

The weekly rate of long-term incapacity benefit under section 30Af1 (incapacity benefit: entitlement) in relation to a period of incapacity for work shall be increased—

(a)

by the higher amount specified in paragraph (2)(a) if on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 35; and

(b)

by the lower amount specified in paragraph (2)(b) if on the qualifying date the beneficiary had attained the age of 35 but was under the age of 45.

(2)

The amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

higher amount … £12·15; and

(b)

lower amount … £6·10.

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Footnotes

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Section 30A is inserted by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 with effect from 13th April 1995