The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1996

(The document as of February, 2008)

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Made

6th March 1996

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

PART I
Introduction
1.	Citation and commencement
2.	Interpretation
PART II
Social Security Benefits and Pensions
3.	Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
4.	Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
5.	Increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
6.	Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are increased by this Order
7.	Increase in rates of certain workmen's compensation and industrial diseases benefits in respect of employment before 5th July 1948
8.	Earnings Limits
9.	Statutory Sick Pay
10.	Statutory Maternity Pay
11.	Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit
12.	Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance
13.	Sum specified for child benefit
14.	Increase in rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit
15.	Increase in rates of transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases
PART III
Family Credit, Disability Working Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
16.	Family Credit
17.	Disability Working Allowance
18.	Applicable amounts for Income Support
19.	Income Support Transitional Protection
20.	The Relevant Sum for Income Support
21.	Applicable amounts for Housing Benefit
22.	Applicable amounts for Council Tax Benefit
PART IV
Transitional Provisions and Revocations
23.	Transitional Provisions
24.	Revocations

SCHEDULES

	1.	Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

	2.	Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

	3.	Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

	4.	Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

	5.	Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

	6.	Applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes

	7.	Applicable amounts in special cases

	8.	Other applicable amounts specified in the Income Support Regulations

	9.	Part I of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

	10.	Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

	11.	Part I of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

	12.	Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

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