Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/part/4
Timestamp: 2018-03-23 20:58:10
Document Index: 72049056

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 4', 'ART 4', 'Art. 70', 'art. 3', 'Art. 70', 'art. 2', 'art 5', 'Art. 71', 'art. 3', 'Art. 72', 'art. 2', 'Art. 72', 'art. 3', 'Art. 72', 'art. 2', 'art 6', 'Art. 73', 'art. 3', 'Art. 74', 'art. 3', 'Art. 75', 'art. 2', 'Art. 76', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'Art. 76', 'art. 3', 'Art. 77', 'art. 3', 'Art. 78', 'art. 3', 'Art. 79', 'art. 3']

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, PART 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 March 2018. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
PART 4 N.I.Other benefit changes
Industrial injuries benefitN.I.
Injuries arising before 5th July 1948N.I.
I1Art. 70(1)(2) in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/234, art. 3(2)(a)
I2Art. 70(3)(4) in operation at 1.6.2016 by S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(3)(a)
Persons under 18N.I.
71.—(1) In Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (rates of benefits), Part 5 (rates of industrial injuries benefit) is amended as follows.
(2) In entry 1 (which relates to disablement pension (weekly rates)), in the second column (“Rate”)—
(a)in the opening words, for the words from “in that Table” to the end of paragraph (b) substitute “ in column (2) of that Table. ”;
(b)in the Table, column (3) is repealed.
(3) In entry 4 (which relates to the maximum of aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents), in the second column (“Rate”)—
(a)paragraph (a) is repealed, except for the monetary amount specified;
(b)paragraph (b) is repealed, including the monetary amount specified.
I3Art. 71 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/234, art. 3(2)(b)
I4Art. 72(1)(2) in operation at 1.6.2016 for specified purposes by S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(3)(b)
I5Art. 72(1)(2) in operation at 31.10.2016 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2016/234, art. 3(2)(c)
I6Art. 72(3)(4) in operation at 2.5.2016 by S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(4)
Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefitN.I.
73. In Part 6 of Schedule 7 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (industrial death benefit), in paragraph 14, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) No claim may be made for industrial death benefit after the coming into operation of this sub-paragraph.”
I7Art. 73 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/234, art. 3(2)(d)
74.—(1) Article 29(2) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (which provides for decisions as to whether an accident is an industrial accident in the absence of a claim for benefit) is repealed.
(2) In Article 30 of that Order (effect of decision), in paragraph (1), the words from “(given” to “otherwise)” are repealed.
I8Art. 74 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/234, art. 3(2)(d)
Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximumN.I.
75.—(1) Section 129A of the Contributions and Benefits Act (appropriate maximum housing benefit) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3), for “The regulations may provide” substitute “ The provision which may be made by the regulations includes provision ”.
(3) For subsections (4) and (5) substitute—
“(4) The regulations may, for the purpose of determining the AMHB, provide for the amount of the liability mentioned in section 129(1)(a) above to be taken to be an amount other than the actual amount of that liability (and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, may provide for it to be taken to be the amount of an Executive determination).
(5) The regulations may, for that purpose, make provision for determining the amount of liability under section 129(1)(a) above which a person is treated as having by virtue of regulations under section 133(2)(j) below (and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, may provide for that amount to be the amount of an Executive determination).”
I9Art. 75 in operation at 9.9.2016 by S.R. 2016/325, art. 2(2)
Social fundN.I.
Ending of discretionary paymentsN.I.
I10Art. 76(1) (3)-(8) in operation at 28.11.2016 for specified purposes by S.R. 2016/411, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 4)
I11Art. 76(2) in operation at 31.3.2017 by S.R. 2016/411, art. 3(2)(a)
I12Art. 77 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(3)
Determination of amount or value of budgeting loanN.I.
78.—(1) Section 136 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (principles of determination) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4), after paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)that the amount or value of a budgeting loan is not to exceed a sum specified or determined as specified in the direction;”.
“(4ZA) A direction under subsection (4)(da) may require the sum to be determined by applying, or by a method that includes applying, a multiplier specified in the direction in circumstances specified in the direction to the most recent relevant sum published by the Department.
(4ZB) A relevant sum is a sum determined from time to time by reference to so much of any relevant allocation under section 147(1) to (4) of the Administration Act as is available for making payments.”
I13Art. 78 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(3)
79. Sections 15 to 17 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (provisions relating to community care grants), which have not been brought into operation, are repealed.
I14Art. 79 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(3)
State pension creditN.I.
State pension credit: carersN.I.
80.—(1) The State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (guarantee credit), in subsection (8), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)the claimant has regular and substantial caring responsibilities, or
(b)the claimant is a member of a couple the other member of which has such responsibilities,”.
(3) In section 17 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the appropriate place insert—
““regular and substantial caring responsibilities” has such meaning as may be prescribed;”.