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The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/683 · Made 13 March 2002

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 13th March 2002

Laid before Parliament 18th March 2002

Coming into force 8th April 2002

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 175(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1, and of all other powers enabling him 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. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.

2Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children

In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7f1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (4), for the amount of £150 there shall be substituted the amount of £155.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

N. Brown

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

13th March 2002

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 £150 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £20 by which the earnings exceed £150. This Order increases the amount of £150 to £155.

This Order does not impose any costs on business.