{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1506",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A decision as to the amount of benefit to which a person is entitled, where it appears to the Department that the amount is determined by—\n(a) the rate of benefit provided for by law; or\n(b) an alteration of a kind referred to in—\n(i) section 139(1)(b) of the Administration Act (income support);. . .\n(ii) section 139A(1)(b) of that Act (jobseeker's allowance); . . .\n(iii) section 139B(1)(b) of that Act (state pension credit), or\n(iv) section 139C(1)(b) of that Act (employment and support allowance). or\n(v) section 139D(1)(b) of that Act (universal credit).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(ii) repealed (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 58, 60(1), Sch. 8; S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(iv) and preceding word added (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 28(1), 60(1), Sch. 3 para. 10(8); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(v) and word inserted (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 41(2); S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(g)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1506/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:59.445846+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."
}