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| Made | 7th March 2003 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 14th March 2003 | ||
| Coming into force | 7th April 2003 |
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by 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 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.
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 £155 there shall be substituted the amount of £160.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Ian McCartney
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
7th March 2003
(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 £155 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £20 by which the earnings exceed £155. This Order increases the amount of £155 to £160.
This Order does not impose any costs on business.
Notes:
[1] 1992 c. 4.back
[2] The figures in paragraph 4(4) were substituted by article 2 of S.I. 2002/683.back
ISBN 0 11 045209 7
| © Crown copyright 2003 | Prepared 14 March 2003 |