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The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/520 · Made 3 March 1998

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 3rd March 1998

Laid before Parliament 10th March 1998

Coming into force 6th April 1998

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 175(1) of, and paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children
  3. 3Revocations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998.

2Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children

In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7f1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (4)(a) for the amount of £135 there shall be substituted the amount of £140;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for the amounts of £17 and £135 there shall be substituted the amounts of £18 and £140 respectively.

3Revocations

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1996f1 and the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1997f2 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Frank Field

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

3rd March 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child or children, and the beneficiary is one of two persons who are spouses residing together or an unmarried couple, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child if the other person’s earnings are £135 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £17 by which the earnings exceed £135. Article 2 of this Order substitutes the amount of £140 for the amount of £135 and the amount of £18 for the amount of £17.

Article 3 contains revocations consequent upon the coming into force of this Order.

This Order does not impose any costs on business.