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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
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Parts II to V.
SCHEDULE 4N.I. Rates of Benefits, etc.
[F1PART IN.I.CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 sums amended and confirmed (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/56), arts. 1(1)(b), 3, Sch. 1, so that Sch. 4 (except Pt. III para. 5) has effect as set out in Sch. 1 to that Rule
| Description of benefit | Weekly rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Short-term incapacity benefit. | (a) lower rate | £80∙25 |
| (b) higher rate | £95∙00. | ||
| 2A. | Long-term incapacity benefit. | £106∙40. | |
| 5. | Category B retirement pension where section 48A(4) or 48AA(4) applies. | £73∙30. | |
PART IIN.I.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 4 Pt. 2 omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(1), Sch. 16 para. 19; S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(2) (with arts. 3, 4)
PART IIIN.I.NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
| Description of benefit | Weekly rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Attendance allowance. | (a) higher rate | £83∙10 | |
| (b) lower rate | £55∙65 | |||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)). | ||||
| 2. | Severe disablement allowance. | £75∙40. | ||
| 3. | Age related addition. | (a) higher rate | £11∙25 | |
| (b) middle rate | £6∙25 | |||
| (c) lower rate | £6∙25 | |||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)). | ||||
| 4. | Carer’s allowance. | £62∙70. | ||
| 5. | Guardian's allowance | [F3£16.55] | ||
| 7. | Category D retirement pension. | £73∙30. | ||
| 8. | Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79). | £0∙25. | ||
Textual Amendments
F3Sum in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 5 substituted (6.4.2015) by The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/440), arts. 1, 2
PART IVN.I.INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS
| Benefit to which increase applies | Increase for qualifying child | Increase for adult dependant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||
| £ | £ | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||
| £ | £ | ||||
| 1A. | Short-term incapacity benefit— | ||||
| (a) | where the beneficiary is under pensionable age; | 11∙35 | 48∙15 | ||
| (b) | where the beneficiary is over pensionable age. | 11∙35 | 59∙50 | ||
| 2. | Long-term incapacity benefit. | 11∙35 | 61∙80 | ||
| 4. | Widowed mother’s allowance. | 11∙35 | — | ||
| 4A. | Widowed parent’s allowance. | 11∙35 | — | ||
| 5. | Category A or B retirement pension. | 11∙35 | 66∙35 | ||
| 6. | Category C retirement pension. | 11∙35 | 39∙70 | ||
| 8. | Severe disablement allowance. | 11∙35 | 37∙10 | ||
| 9. | Carer’s allowance. | 11∙35 | 36∙90 | ||
PART VN.I.RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT
| Description of benefit, etc. | Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Disablement pension (weekly rates). | For the several degrees of disablement set out in column (1) of the following Table, the respective amounts in column (2) of that Table. | |||||||||||||||||
| TABLE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Degree of disablement | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | £ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 100 | 169∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | 152∙73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 80 | 135∙76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | 118∙79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | 101∙82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 84∙85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | 67∙88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 50∙91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 33∙94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Maximum increase of weekly rate of disablement pension where constant attendance needed. | (a) | except in cases of exceptionally severe | ||||||||||||||||
| disablement | £67∙90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | in any case of exceptionally severe | ||||||||||||||||||
| disablement | £135∙80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Increase of weekly rate of disablement pension (exceptionally severe disablement). | £67∙90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Maximum of aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents. | ||||||||||||||||||
| £169∙70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Unemployability supplement under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7. | £104∙90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Increase under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of unemployability supplement. | (a) | if on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 35 or if that date fell | ||||||||||||||||
| before 5th July 1948 | £21∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | if head (a) above does not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 40 and he had not attained pensionable age before | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6th April 1979 | £21∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (c) | if heads (a) and (b) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was | ||||||||||||||||||
| under the age of 45 | £14∙00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (d) | if heads (a), (b) and (c) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 50 and had not attained pensionable age before | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6th April 1979 | £14∙00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (e) | in any other case | £7∙00 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Increase under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension. | £11∙35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8. | Increase under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension. | £62∙70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. | Maximum disablement gratuity under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7. | £11,260∙00 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10. | Widow’s pension (weekly rates). | (b) | higher permanent rate | £122∙30 | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | lower permanent rate | 30 per cent. | |||||||||||||||||
| of the first sum specified in section 44(4) (Category A basic retirement pension) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with paragraph 16 of Schedule 7) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. | Widower’s pension (weekly rate). | £122∙30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12. | Weekly rate of allowance in respect of children and qualifying young persons under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7. | In respect of each child or qualifying young | |||||||||||||||||
| person | £11∙35.] | ||||||||||||||||||
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