Social Security Act 1989

1(1)The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the Department of Social Security includes a reference to—

(a)the former Department of Health and Social Security,

(b)the former Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance,

(c)the former Ministry of Social Security, and

(d)any other former government department,

but, in the case of paragraphs (a) and (d) above, only to the extent that the functions carried out in the former department related to social security or to occupational or personal pension schemes or to war pensions.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above—

  • “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 66(1) of the Pensions Act;

  • “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 84(1) of the 1986 Act; and

  • “war pension” has the meaning given by section 25(4) of this Act.