Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 943
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
Made
29th March 2004
Coming into force
12th April 2004
Whereas the Treasury have conducted a review in Great Britain under subsection (1)(a)(i) of section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ) (“the Great Britain Administration Act”), insofar as concerns guardian’s allowance, and under paragraph (i) of that subsection (child benefit);
And whereas, it having appeared to them that the general level of prices was higher at the end of the period under review than at the beginning, a draft Order was laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 150(2) and 190(1)(a) of that Act;
And whereas section 132(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 2 ) provides that, whenever the Treasury make an Order under section 150 of the Great Britain Administration Act, they may make corresponding provision in respect of Northern Ireland, a draft of this Order was laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 132(1) and 166(10A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 3 );
Now therefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(1) and 165(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now exercisable by them( 4 ), make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 12th April 2004.
Amendment of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
2. In paragraph 5 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(amount of guardian’s allowance) for “£11.55” substitute “£11.85”( 5 ).
Amendment of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976
3. In regulation 2(1) of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976( 6 )—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “£16.05” substitute “£16.50”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) “£17.55” remains unchanged; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£10.75” substitute “£11.05”.
John Heppell
Jim Murphy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
29th March 2004
Subsection (10A) was inserted by paragraph 50(4) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671 : “the Transfer Order”) and amended by paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21 : “the 2002 Act”). An order made by the Treasury under the Northern Ireland Administration Act is a statutory instrument by virtue of section 165(11A) of that Act: that subsection was inserted by paragraph 49(4) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Order.
The functions of the Department for Social Development in respect of child benefit and guardian’s allowance under section 132 of the Act relevant to the making of this order were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(4) of the 2002 Act.
Last amended by S.R. 2003 No.155 .
S.R.1976 No. 223 : the amounts in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) were last increased by S.R. 2003 No. 155 .