The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/436
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1975;

“the 1986 Act ” means the Social Security Act 1986;

“the up-rating order ” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating ( No. 2) Order 1987 ;

and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.

Section 2 Conditions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the appointed or prescribed day

(1) This regulation applies to a case where —

(a) either —

(i) an award of any benefit under Chapters 1 to III of Part II of the Act has been made before the day appointed or prescribed for the payment of the benefit in question at a higher rate provided in or by virtue of the up-rating order, or

(ii) an award of any benefit under Part II of the Act has been made before the day appointed or prescribed for the payment of the benefit in question at a lower rate provided in or by virtue of the up-rating order;

(b) the period to which the award relates has not ended before that day; and

(c) the award does not, in accordance with the provisions of section 64(3) of the 1986 Act, provide for the payment of the benefit at a higher or lower rate (as the case may be) as from that day.

(2) In a case to which this regulation applies, section 64(2) of the 1986 Act shall have effect subject to the condition that if a question arises as to either —

(a) the weekly rate at which the benefit is payable by virtue of the up-rating order; or

(b) whether the conditions for the receipt of the benefit at the altered rate are satisfied,

the benefit shall, until the question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Act, be or continue to be payable at the weekly rate specified in paragraph (3).

(3) The weekly rate referred to in paragraph (2) is the weekly rate specified in the award or the weekly rate at which the benefit would have been paid if the question had not arisen, whichever is the lower.

Section 3 Persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain

Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) shall apply to any additional benefit payable by virtue of the up-rating order.

Section 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983

Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 (persons deemed to be incapable of work) shall be further amended by the substitution in paragraph (3) for “£26.00” of “£27.00”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982

Regulation 16 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 (earnings level for the purpose of unemployability supplement) shall be further amended by the substitution for “£1352.00” of “£1404.00”.

Section 6 Earnings limit

The sums specified in paragraph 2B of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 (prescribed circumstances for increase of invalid care allowance) shall be increased from £85, £10, and £85 to £90, £11 and £90 respectively.

Section 7 Revocation

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked.