social security PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation, commencement and effect 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of certain workmen's compensation and industrial diseases benefits in respect of employment before 5th July 1948 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earnings Limits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Sick Pay 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Maternity Pay 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT, HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT Applicable amounts for Income Support 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income Support Transitional Protection 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Relevant Sum for Income Support 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Council Tax Benefit 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Council Tax Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applicable amounts for Jobseeker's Allowance 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Prescribed Sum for Jobseeker's Allowance 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State Pension Credit 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 REVOCATION Revocation 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .