Social Security Act 1998

1998 CHAPTER 14

An Act to make provision as to the making of decisions and the determination of appeals under enactments relating to social security, child support, vaccine damage payments and war pensions; to make further provision with respect to social security; and for connected purposes.

[21st May 1998]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act: power to modify conferred (25.2.1999 for specified purposes) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 15(1)(2)(b) (with Sch. 8); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-6)

C2 Act: power to amend conferred (2.12.1999) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 87 (with s. 100, Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

C3 Act applied (12.4.2004) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/583), regs. 1(1), 2

C4 Act: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.4.2009) by Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (c. 6), s. 23(6) (as substituted by S.I. 2009/56, art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 416(4))

C5 Act: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.1.2010 for specified purposes) by Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 (c. 8), ss. 24(4)(5), 31; S.I. 2009/3332, art. 2(e)

C6 Act applied in part (12.4.2021) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/312), regs. 1(1), 2

C7 Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/149), arts. 1(3), 2

C8 Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/62), arts. 1(3), 2