extent N.I. + PART 2N.I.SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

extent N.I. + Age addition to long-term incapacity benefitN.I.

article 16 + 16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in regulation 9(2) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) (increase in rate of incapacity benefit where beneficiary is under prescribed age on the qualifying date)—

article 16 1 a + (a)in sub-paragraph (a) for “£28.40” substitute “£28.90”; and

article 16 1 b + (b)in sub-paragraph (b) for “£14.20” substitute “£14.45”.

(2) In so far as a claimant entitled to long-term incapacity benefit corresponds to a claimant under Article 16(2) of the Great Britain Up-rating Order, the sums specified in regulation 9(2)(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be increased to “£14.95” and “£8.30” respectively.