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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/60/section/22</dc:identifier><dc:title>Social Security Pensions Act 1975</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to provide for relating the rates of social security retirement pensions and certain other benefits to the earnings on which contributions have been paid; to enable employed earners to be contracted-out of full social security contributions and benefits where the requisite benefits are provided by an occupational pension scheme; to make provision for securing that men and women are afforded equal access to occupational pension schemes; and to make other amendments in the law relating to social security (including an amendment of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975 introducing a new non-contributory benefit called “mobility allowance”); and to make other provision about occupational pensions.</dc:description><dc:date>1980-10-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2020-12-07</dct:valid>
					
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