An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the administration of social security and related matters with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
[13th February 1992]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act: transitional provision made (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 2, 5, 7(2), Sch. 3
C2Act: power to modify conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), ss. 109(2)-(7), 116(1)(b)
C3Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Austria) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3209), art. 2
C4Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Finland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3210), art. 2
C5Act modified (31.12.1992) by The Social Security (Iceland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3211), arts. 1, 2
C6Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3212), art. 2
C7Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3213), art. 2
C8Act modified (4.7.1994) by The Social Security (Cyprus) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1646), arts. 1, 2
C9Act modified (2.11.1994) by The Social Security (Jersey and Guernsey) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2802), arts. 1, 2
C10Act modified (13.4.1995) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/767), art. 2, Schs. 1-3 (as amended (1.3.2001) by S.I. 2000/3255, art. 3(2) (with art. 2))
C11Act modified (1.12.1995) by The Social Security (Canada) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2699), art. 2, Sch. 1 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/349, arts. 1(2), 3(2) (with art. 2))
C12Act modified (19.7.1995) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 1
C13Act: power to modify conferred (12.12.1995) by Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), s. 41(2), Sch. 1 para. 18; S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.
C14Act: power to modify conferred (1.6.1996 for specified purposes; 6.4.1997 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), ss. 149(2), 180(1); S.I. 1996/778, art. 2(6); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2
C15Act modified (1.9.1996) by The Social Security (Malta) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1927), art. 2, Sch.
C16Act modified (7.10.1996) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1928), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C17Act modified (1.4.1997) by The Social Security (Jamaica) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/871), art. 2, Schs. 1, 2
C18Act modified (1.9.1997) by The Social Security (United States of America) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1778), art. 2, Schs. 1, 2
C19Act modified (1.4.1998) by The Social Security (Contributions and Industrial Injuries) (Canada) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/263), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
C20Act modified (8.9.1998) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), ss. 2(1)(2)(c), 87(2); S.I. 1998/2209, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. 1
C21Act: certain functions transferred (25.2.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 for specified purposes, 6.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 8 (with ss. 9, 15); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b)(c), Schs. 2, 3 (with arts. 3-6)
C22Act: decision-making functions transferred (5.7.1999 for specified purposes, 6.9.1999 for specified purposes, 5.10.1999 for specified purposes, 18.10.1999 for specified purposes, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 8; S.I. 1999/1958, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3-5); S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with Schs. 16-18); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with Schs. 21-23)
C23Act modified (E.W.S.) (1.9.1999) by The Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2225), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
C24Act modified (1.9.1999) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2227), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
C25Act: certain functions transferred (5.10.1999) by Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), s. 20(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 7(b)
C26Act extended (11.11.1999) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 79(9), 89(4)(d)
C27Act: power to amend conferred (2.12.1999) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 87 (with s. 100, Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
C28Act modified by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 3B(2) (as inserted (28.7.2000) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 77(2), 86)
C29Act modified (1.8.2000) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Republic of Korea) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1823), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
C30Act modified (15.11.2000) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Japan) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3063), art. 2, Sch.
C31Act modified (9.4.2001) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/407), art. 2
C32Act: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 49, 50(2)(b)(2)(g), 61 (with ss. 52, 54); S.I. 2003/392, art. 2
C33Act modified (5.12.2005) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2765), arts. 1, 2
C34Act modified (1.3.2007) by The Social Security Investigation Powers (Arrangements with Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/271), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(3)
C35Act modified (1.6.2007) by The Social Security (Netherlands) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/631), art. 2, Sch.
C36Act excluded (1.6.2007) by The Transfer of State Pensions and Benefits Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1398), regs. 1(1), 8(3)
C37Act modified (1.10.2007) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2122), art. 2
C38Act applied (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), reg. 16(2)(c), Sch. 2
C39Act modified (22.2.2012) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/360), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C40Act modified (24.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/983), art. 22 (as amended (16.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1452, arts. 3, 14)
C41Act modified (1.6.2015) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Republic of Chile) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/828), arts. 1, 2(a)
C42Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/157), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
C43Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/158), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C44Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(a), Sch.
C45Act applied (with modifications) (27.11.2016 for specified purposes) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1050), regs. 1(2), 2(2)