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Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 577

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1997

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1997 No. 577


SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1997


 Made4th March 1997 
 Laid before Parliament10th March 1997 
 Coming into force1st April 1997 

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 175(1) of, and paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children
    2.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7[2] to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (4) for the amount of Ј130 there shall be substituted on each occasion the amount of Ј135.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Alistair Burt
Minister of State, Department of Social Security

4th March 1997


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child, and the beneficiary is one of a couple, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child if the other person's earnings are Ј130 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete Ј17 by which the earnings exceed Ј130. This Order substitutes the amount of Ј135 for the amount of Ј130. The amount of Ј17 remains unchanged.

This Order does not impose any costs on business.


Notes:

[1] 1992 c.4.back

[2] The figures in paragraph 4(4) were up-rated by article 2 of S.I. 1992/524, article 2 of S.I. 1993/722, article 2 of S.I. 1995/581 and article 2 of S.I. 1996/671.back



ISBN 0 11 064059 4


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