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Social Security Pensions Act 1975
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Social Security Pensions Act 1975
1975 CHAPTER 60
An Act to provide for relating the rates of social security retirement pensions and certain other benefits to the earnings on which contributions have been paid; to enable employed earners to be contracted-out of full social security contributions and benefits where the requisite benefits are provided by an occupational pension scheme; to make provision for securing that men and women are afforded equal access to occupational pension schemes; and to make other amendments in the law relating to social security (including an amendment of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975 introducing a new non-contributory benefit called “mobility allowance”); and to make other provision about occupational pensions.
[7th August 1975]
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