Social Security Act 1989

1. Introductory Text

2. Contributions

   1. 1. Amendments relating to primary Class 1 contributions

   2. 2. Repayment of contributions where earnings become repayable

   3. 3. Abolition of Treasury supplement to contributions

   4. 4. Earnings factors

3. Liability to maintain children

   1. 5. Liability of parents to maintain children under the age of nineteen in respect of whom income support is paid

4. Benefits under the principal Act

   1. 6. Benefits for women widowed before 11th April 1988

   2. 7. Abolition of earnings rule etc

   3. 8. Mobility allowance: increase of age limit to 80 years

   4. 9. Extension to personal pensions of occupational pension provisions relating to the abatement of unemployment benefit and the meaning of “earnings”

   5. 10. Unemployment benefit: requirement to seek employment actively

   6. 11. Requalification for unemployment benefit

   7. 12. Disqualification for unemployment benefit

5. Income-related benefits

   1. 13. Income support and unemployment

   2. 14. Housing benefit to take the form of payments or reductions

   3. 15. Housing benefit subsidy

   4. 16. Expenses of Secretary of State in making transitional payments relating to income support and housing benefit

6. Up-rating

   1. 17. Rectification of mistakes in up-rating orders

   2. 18. Effect of alteration in the component rates of income support

7. Information and adjudication

   1. 19. Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons

   2. 20. Disclosure of information by Inland Revenue for social security purposes

   3. 21. Miscellaneous amendments relating to adjudication

8. Recovery from damages etc of sums equivalent to benefit

   1. 22. Recovery of sums equivalent to benefit from compensation payments in respect of accidents, injuries and diseases

9. Occupational and personal pensions etc

   1. 23. Equal treatment for men and women

   2. 24. Miscellaneous amendments relating to pensions

10. War pensions committees

    1. 25. Establishment and functions of war pensions committees

11. General and supplementary provisions

    1. 26. Pre-consolidation amendments

    2. 27. Application to the Crown

    3. 28. Financial provisions

    4. 29. Regulations and orders: general provisions

    5. 30. Interpretation

    6. 31. Minor and consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions

    7. 32. Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland

    8. 33. Short title, commencement and extent

12. 1. Schedule 1

       Abolition of Earnings Rule etc.

    2. Schedule 2

       Persons Employed in Social Security Administration or Adjudication.

    3. Schedule 3

       Adjudication.

    4. Schedule 4

       Recovery of Sums Equivalent to Benefit from Compensation Payments in respect of Accidents etc: Supplementary Provision.

       1. Part I Interpretation.

       2. Part II Payments, Deductions and Certificates.

       3. Part III Administration and Adjudication.

       4. Part IV Miscellaneous.

    5. Schedule 5

       Employment-related Schemes for Pensions or Other Benefits: Equal Treatment For Men And Women.

       1. Part I Compliance by Schemes.

       2. Part II Amendment of Enactments Relating to Employment.

    6. Schedule 6

       Occupational and Personal Pensions.

    7. Schedule 7

       Pre-consolidation Amendments.

    8. Schedule 8

       Minor and Consequential Amendments.

    9. Schedule 9

       Repeals.