Social Security PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation, commencement and effect 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earnings limits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory sick pay 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory maternity pay 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduated retirement benefit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum additional pension 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disability living allowance 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal independence payment 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bereavement benefits 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT Applicable amounts for income support 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income support transitional protection 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing benefit 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State pension credit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT Universal credit 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 REVOCATIONS Revocations 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .