1974 No. 823 (C.14)
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1974
Made 9th May 1974
Laid before Parliament 17th May 1974
Coming into Operation 7th June 1974

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 96(4) and 101(2) of the Social Security Act 1973 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 7th June 1974.
2 The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to this instrument and the revocations effected by it as they would apply if this instrument and the instruments containing the provisions which it revokes were Acts of Parliament and each revocation were a repeal.
3 In this order—
(a) “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1973;
(b) “the No. 1 order” means the Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement) Order 1973;
(1973 II, p. 3703).
(c) “the No. 2 order” means the Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement) Order 1973; and
(1973 II, p. 4383).
(d) “the No. 3 order” means the Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement) Order 1974.
(1974 I, p. 548).

2 Revocation and amendment of appointed day provisions
1 The provisions contained in the orders specified in article 1(3) above, in so far as they appoint 6th April 1975 as the day for the coming into operation of provisions of the Act relating to the recognition of pensionable employments and to the reserve pension scheme, shall cease to have effect and the following provisions of this article shall accordingly apply.
2 In the No. 1 order the entries in the Schedule which relate to section 77 and section 78 of and Schedule 19 to the Act are hereby revoked.
3 In the No. 2 order—
(a) in article 2 for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “of sections 51(3), (5), (7) and (10), 58(1) (except paragraph (c)) and (2), 59(1) and 63 of and Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973”;
(b) in article 3 for the words “in relation to those provisions” at the end of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the words “in relation to such of those provisions as are specified in that article”; and
(c) Schedule 1 is hereby revoked.
4 In the No. 3 order—
(a) in article 2(1) for the words “all the provisions of the Social Security Act 1973” there shall be substituted the words “all the provisions of Parts I and IV of the Social Security Act 1973 and the Schedules of those Parts”; and
(b) in Schedule 1—
(i) the entries relating to sections 66(6), 69(7) and 76 of the Act are hereby revoked;
(ii) before the entry relating to section 100(2) of the Act there shall be inserted the entries relating to sections 85 to 93 of and Schedule 23 to the Act contained in the Schedule to this order; and
(iii) after the entry relating to section 100(2) of the Act there shall be inserted the other entries contained in the Schedule to this order.
Barbara Castle Secretary of State for Social Services 9th May 1974

SCHEDULE ENTRIES TO BE ADDED TO SCHEDULE 1 OF THE No. 3 ORDER
Article 2(4)(b)
Section 85	Questions arising under the reserve scheme
Section 86 in relation to the Reserve Pension Board	Appeals and references to the High Court
Section 89(4)	Disclosure of information in relation to reserve scheme premiums and pensions
Section 91(1), (2) and (4)	Information to be given to employees
Section 92(1) and (5) to (7) and Schedule 23 paragraphs 7 and 9 to 14 in relation (in each case) to reserve scheme contributions and premiums and sums due to the Reserve Pension Fund.	Offences, penalties and proceedings
Section 93 subsections (2)(b) in relation to reserve scheme contributions, (2)(c) to (e) and (4) to (7)	Priority of debts in bankruptcy etc.
In Schedule 22— in paragraphs 1(c) and 2(2)(e) the words “or a premium”; in paragraph 2(1)(a) the words “or premiums”; and paragraph 3	Powers of inspectors
Schedule 27— in paragraph 3 the words “or premiums” and “or Part III”; in paragraph 23 the words “secondary reserve scheme contributions and reserve scheme contributions and reserve a scheme premiums” and “or, as the case may be, Part II”; in paragraphs 24, 64 and 78 the words “or premiums” and “or premium”; in paragraph 79 the words “and Part III”; in paragraph 80 in sub-paragraph (a) the words “or premiums” and sub-paragraph (b); in paragraph 84(b)(ii) the words “or secondary reserve scheme contribution”; paragraph 85; in paragraphs 86, 89 and 90 the words following “1973”; and paragraph 88	Minor and consequential amendments

EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order revokes and amends provisions contained in previous Orders by which 6th April 1975 was appointed as the day for the coming into operation of certain processions of the Social Security Act 1973 relating to the recognition of pensionable employments and to the reserve pension scheme. It provides for those provisions not to come into operation on that day and does not appoint another day for that purpose.