Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
2nd March 1999
Laid before Parliament
10th March 1999
Coming into force
12th April 1999
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 175(1) to (4) 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:
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
2. In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7(2) to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992-“
(a)in sub-paragraph (4)(a), for the amount of £140 there shall be substituted the amount of £145;
(b)in sub-paragraph (4)(b), for the amounts of £18 and £140 there shall be substituted the amounts of £19 and £145 respectively.
3. The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 1998(3) is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Stephen C. Timms
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
2nd March 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child or children, and the beneficiary is one of two persons who are spouses residing together or an unmarried 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 £140 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £18 by which the earnings exceed £140. Article 2 of this Order substitutes the amount of £145 for the amount of £140 and £19 for the amount of £18.
Article 3 contains revocations consequent upon the coming into force of this Order.
This Order does not impose any costs on business.