Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

General

23 Financial provisions

(1) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State or a government department under this Act; and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in sums which, under any other Act, are payable out of money so provided.

(2) Subsection (5) of section 135 of the principal Act (which provides for certain expenses to be reimbursed out of the National Insurance Fund) shall have effect in relation to the expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) of the preceding subsection as it has effect in relation to the expenses mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section; and as respects any increase attributable to this Act in the expenses mentioned in the said subsection (3)(a), paragraph (b) of the preceding subsection shall have effect subject to the said subsection (5).

24 Supplemental

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires (and in particular except in a provision inserted by this Act into another Act)—

• " modifications " includes additions, omissions and amendments ;

• " the Old Cases Act " means the [1975 c. 16.] Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 ;

• " the Pensions Act " means the [1975 c. 60.] Social Security Pensions Act 1975 ;

• " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations ;

• " the principal Act " means the [1975 c. 14.] Social Security Act 1975; and

• " regulations " means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act.

(2) Section 168(1) and (2) of the principal Act (which apply the glossary of terms in Schedule 20 to that Act and provide that any reference in that Act to an enactment is a reference to it as amended) shall have effect, subject to the preceding subsection, as if references to that Act (except the first and last reference in the said subsection (1)) included references to this Act.

(3) Subsections (1) to (5) of section 166 of the principal Act (which contain general provisions relating to orders and regulations under that Act) shall have effect as if references to that Act included references to this Act and as if, in relation to powers to make Orders in Council conferred by section 12 of this Act, subsections (2) to (4) of the said section 166 extended to Northern Ireland; and for the purposes of subsection (7) of the said section 166 (under which certain powers may be used to modify or adapt an enactment passed after that Act which is to be construed as one with that Act) this Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act.

(4) Sections 139(1) and 141(2) of the principal Act (which require the Secretary of State to seek the advice of the National Insurance Advisory Committee or the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on certain proposals to make regulations under that Act) shall not apply—

(a) in relation to regulations made under that Act before the expiration of six months beginning with the date of the passing of this Act if the instrument containing the regulations states that they contain only provisions made in consequence of this Act or that they contain provisions made by virtue of section 2 of this Act;

(b) in relation to regulations made under the principal Act if the instrument containing the regulations states that they contain only provisions made in consequence of an order under section 1(6) of this Act.

(5) Any statutory instrument containing regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6) The enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

25 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977, and this Act, the principal Act and the Pensions Act may be cited together as the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1977.

(2) Sections 1(3), 4(1) and (2) and 22(17) of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 6th April 1975 ; and this section and sections 1(5), 2, 5, 9, 14(1) to (3), (8) and (10), 15, 16, 17(3), 18 and 24(1) to (5) of this Act and Schedule 2 to this Act so far as that Schedule relates to the provisions mentioned in section 5(1) of this Act shall come into force on the passing of this Act.

(3) Section 22(3) of this Act shall come into force on 4th April 1977 and section 7 of this Act shall come into force on 6th April 1977.

(4) Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3) of this section, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and—

(a) different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes of the same provision; but

(b) the power to vary or revoke such an order which is conferred by virtue of section 24(3) of this Act shall not be exercisable after the day preceding the day specified in the order,

(5) The following provisions only of this Act shall extend to Northern Ireland, namely—

(a) this section and sections 12, 20(3) and (4) and 22(15);

(b) section 24(3) so far as it applies section 166(2) to (4) of the principal Act to powers conferred by section 12 of this Act; and

(c) section 24(6) and Schedule 2 so far as they relate to the [1971 c. 62.] Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 and the [1975 c. 15.] Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.