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Amendments of certain enactments relating to social securityE+W+S

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Textual Amendments

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Textual Amendments

F2Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

3 Amendments of Social Security Pensions Act 1975.E+W+S

(1)–(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(4)In section 21(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (which provides that, unless the prescribed person otherwise elects, section 35(5) of the Pensions Act shall have effect, in a case where pensions rights are preserved under approved arrangements, without taking into account any orders under section 21 of the Pensions Act which were made in the five years ending with the year in which the scheme ceases to be contracted-out and as if relevant earnings factors were increased by 12 per cent. for each of the years there mentioned), for the words from “have effect" onwards there shall be substituted the words

in a case where one or more of the five tax years ending with the tax year in which the scheme ceases to be contracted-out is a relevant year in relation to the earner, have effect, unless the prescribed person otherwise elects in the prescribed manner, subject to the following provisions, that is to say—

(a)any order made under section 21 above in any of those five tax years increasing an eranings factor shall be disregarded (but without prejudice to any increase made by the last order made under that section before the beginning of those five tax years); and

(b)any relevant earnings factor derived from contributions in respect of any year (hereafter in this subsection referred to as “the relevant contributions year” shall be treated as increased by 12 per cent. compound for each of those five tax years, other than any of those years which—

(i)constitutes or begins before the relevant contributions year, or

(ii)begins after the final relevant year in relation to the earner.

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(7)It is hereby declared—

(a)that an approval of arrangements relating to a scheme may be withdrawn in pursuance of section 44(4) of the Pensions Act at any time notwithstanding that the scheme has been wound up; and

(b)that on the withdrawal of such an approval after the winding up of the scheme a premium becomes payable in pursuance of section 44(2) of that Act;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(8)For subsection (6) of section 44 of the Pensions Act (which provides that the costs which accrued rights premium or a pensioner’s rights premium is to defray shall, unless the person liable for the premium elects otherwise, be calculated on the basis there mentioned) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(6)In determining the amount of any state scheme premium payable under this section where one or more of the five years ending with the tax year in which the scheme ceases to be contracted-out is a relevant year in relation to the earner, the costs referred to in subsection (5)(a) and (b) above shall, unless the person liable for the premium elects in the prescribed manner that this subsection shall not apply, be calculated as follows—

(a)any order made under section 21 above in any of those five tax years increasing a relevant earnings factor shall be disregarded (but without prejudice to any increase made by the last order made under that section before the beginning of those five tax years); and

(b)any relevant earnings factor derived from contributions in respect of any year (hereafter in this subsection referred to as “the relevant contributions year") shall be treated as increased by 12 per cent. compound for each of those five tax years, other than any of those years which—

(i)constitutes or begins before the relevant contributions year, or

(ii)begins after the final relevant year in relation to the earner;

and in this subsection “relevant year” and “final relevant year” have the same meanings as in section 35 above and references to the earner shall be construed as references to the earner in respect of whom or, as the case may be, in respect of whose widow the premium in question has become payable.

(9)In subsection (3) of section 45 of the Pensions Act (which provides that the costs the difference between which a limited revaluation premium is to defray shall, unless the person liable for the premium elects otherwise, be calculated on the basis there mentioned) for the words from “be calculated" onwards there shall be substituted the words

unless the person liable for the premium elects in the prescribed manner that this subsection shall not apply, be calculated as follows—

(a)any order made under section 21 above increasing an earnings factor and made in any of the five tax years ending with the tax year in which the scheme ceases to be contracted-out shall be disregarded (but without prejudice to any increase made by the last order made under that section before the beginning of those five tax years); and

(b)any relevant earnings factor derived from contributions in respect of any year (hereafter in this subsection referred to as “the relevant contributions year") shall be treated as increased by 12 per cent. compound for each of those five tax years, other than any of those years which constitutes or begins before the relevant contributions year.

(10)Without prejudice to their powers apart from this subsection, the Occupational Pensions Board may withhold or cancel by virtue of this subsection a contracting-out certificate in respect of a scheme if they consider that the rules of the scheme are such that persons over particular ages may be prevented from participating in the scheme; and without prejudice to the effect apart from this subsection of subsections (1) and (2) of section 50 of the Pensions Act (which among other things provide that certain alterations of the rules of certain schemes are not to be made without the consent of the Board), those subsections shall apply to an alteration of the rules of a scheme mentioned in subsection (1) of that section which would make the rules such as aforesaid as those subsections apply to an alteration mentioned in that subsection.

(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(12)In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions Act—

(a)after paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (3) (under which regulations may provide for treating a premium as actually paid in certain circumstances) there shall be inserted the following paragraph

(bb)for treating part of a premium payable in prescribed circumstances in respect of a person as actually paid and for modifying Part III of this Act in relation to a case in which such a part is so treated;

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the words “and the Secretary of State may accept payments in connection with a case in which a premium or part of it is treated as actually paid and shall pay into the National Insurance Fund any sums received by him by way of such payments."; and

(c)after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(4)Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (3) above, regulations may provide—

(a)that for the purpose of extinguishing accrued rights to guaranteed minimum pensions and rights to receive such pensions a state scheme premium is to be treated as actually paid on a date determined under the regulations;

(b)for disregarding the effect of regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph in a case where the premium in question is not paid on or before the date when it becomes payable or such later date as may be determined under the regulations; and

(c)for obtaining repayment of benefits paid by virtue of regulations so made in a case where the effect of the regulations is to be disregarded, and, where the repayment is obtained from assets of the relevant scheme, for reducing the sums payable under the scheme to the beneficiary by the amount of the repayment.

Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.92) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

4 Miscellaneous amendments.E+W+S

(1)In the definitions of “public service pensions scheme” in section 51(3) of the Social Security Act 1973 and section 66(1) of the Pensions Act (which provide among other things that the definition includes any scheme prescribed by such regulations as are there mentioned) after the word “includes" there shall be inserted the words “any occupational pensions scheme established, with the concurrence of the Minister for the Civil Service, by or with the approval of another Minister of the Crown and".

(2)Subsection (3) of section 97 of the M1Social Security Act 1973 (which provides for orders made by the Secretary of State under that Act to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament) shall have effect in relation to orders under section 65 of that Act (under which a public service pension scheme may be modified or wound up by an order made by an authority designated by the Minister for the Civil Service) as if the reference in that subsection to the Secretary of State were a reference to an appropriate authority within the meaning of the said section 65.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(5), (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Textual Amendments

F7Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(2)–(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F9Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

Amendments of enactments relating to supplementary benefit and family income supplementE+W+S

6 Amendments of Supplementary Benefits Act 1976.E+W+S

(1)The M2Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 shall have effect with the amendments specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, and except where the context otherwise requires references in that Part to sections and Schedules are to sections of and Schedules to that Act.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(3)In accordance with subsection (1) of this section but subject to section 14 of this Act, Parts I to III of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976, except sections 31, 32, 35 and 36 (which relate to reciprocity and to transitional, consequential and supplemental matters), and Schedules 1 and 5 to that Act are to have effect, after the coming into force of subsection (1) of this section and Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, as set out in Part II of that Schedule (which reproduces those provisions as amended by Part I of the said Schedule 2 and with consequential adjustments in headings and sidenotes).

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Textual Amendments

F11Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

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Textual Amendments

8 Provisions supplementary to ss. 6 and 7.E+W+S

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as he considers appropriate for dealing with transitional matters connected with or arising out of the coming into force of any provision of section 6 F13 of this Act or Schedule 2 or 5 to this Act including in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this subsection,—

(a)provision for modifying any enactment passed before this Act;

(b)provision for treating anything done under an enactment which is altered or replaced by a provision of the sections or Schedules aforesaid as done under the enactment as so altered or replaced; and

(c)provision for the payment of supplementary benefit, of an amount specified in or determined in pursuance of the regulations, to a person who, apart from the provision, would by virtue of this Act cease to be entitled to supplementary benefit or become entitled to supplementary benefit of an amount smaller than that to which he would have been entitled apart from this Act;

and regulations made by virtue of this subsection may be made so as to have effect from a date before that on which they are made but not before the date of the passing of this Act.

(2)An order under section 21(5) of this Act which brings into force a provision of this Act which is mentioned in the preceding subsection—

(a)may contain such transitional provisions, including savings, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with or arising out of the coming into force of that provision; and

(b)may, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding paragraph, provide that the provision shall come into force in relation to such cases only as are specified in the order and accordingly that in relation to other cases the law shall remain unaffected by that provision;

and the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument vary or revoke any provision which by virtue of this subsection is included in another order.

(3)Nothing in either of the preceding subsections shall be construed as derogating from the other of them.

(4)The power to make regulations conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and a statutory instrument made by virtue of this subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

Advisory CommitteesU.K.

9 The Social Security Advisory Committee.U.K.

(1), (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

(3), (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

(6)In Part II of Schedule 1 to the M3House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and Part II of Schedule 1 to the M4Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (which list the bodies of which all the members are disqualified under those Acts) there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in alphabetical order the words “The Social Security Advisory Committee".

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Textual Amendments

F14Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

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(1)–(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Textual Amendments

F16Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

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Textual Amendments

F21Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

CommissionersU.K.

12 Change of title of National Insurance Commissioners.U.K.

National Insurance Commissioners shall, instead of being so called, be called Social Security Commissioners; and accordingly—

(a)any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this section shall have effect, so far as may be necessary in consequence of the change of title made by this section, as if for any reference to a Chief or other National Insurance Commissioner there were substituted respectively a reference to a Chief or other Social Security Commissioner; and

(b)documents and forms printed or duplicated for use in connection with functions of National Insurance Commissioners may be used notwithstanding that they contain references to such Commissioners and those references shall be construed as references to Social Security Commissioners.

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(1)–(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

(5), (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Textual Amendments

F22Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25U.K.

Textual Amendments

F25Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

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Textual Amendments

MiscellaneousU.K.

16 Amendments of Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.U.K.

(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for an appeal under any provision of the M5Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (hereafter in this section referred to as “the Act”) in respect of a claim for benefit under any instrument mentioned in the Act to be brought or continued by another person after the death of the claimant; and—

(a)such an Order may make such modifications of the Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate for the purposes of this subsection; but

(b)nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the power to make rules which is conferred by paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Act.

(2)An Order in Council under this section—

(a)may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as Her Majesty considers appropriate; and

(b)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)In section 5(1) of the Act (which enables a Pensions Appeal Tribunal to uphold an interim assessment by the Minister of a degree of disablement or to assess the disablement at such degree lower than that specified by the Minister as they think proper) for the words from “assess" to “proper" there shall be substituted the words alter the assessment in one or both of the following ways, namely—

(a)by increasing or reducing the degree of disablement it specifies; and

(b)by reducing the period for which the assessment is to be in force..

(4)In section 6 of the Act (which relates to the jurisdiction and procedure of a Tribunal) after subsection (2A) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(2B)Rules made under the Schedule to this Act may provide that where an appeal under this Act is struck out in pursuance of such rules no further appeal under this Act shall be brought in respect of the matters to which the struck-out appeal related except with leave given in pursuance of such rules.

(5)Section 8(3)(a) of the Act (which is spent) shall be omitted.

(6)For paragraph (b) of paragraph 5(4) of the Schedule to the Act (which requires rules to provide for payments by the Tribunal of certain expenses of an appellant) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b)sums, in respect of expenses, allowances and fees connected with appeals to the Tribunal, to such persons and in such circumstances as are specified in the rules and of such amounts as are determined by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service; andand accordingly in section 14 of the Act (under which the Act has effect, in its application to Northern Ireland, with the substitution of a reference to the Lord Chief Justice for Northern Ireland for any reference to the Lord Chancellor except in paragraph 7A of the Schedule to the Act) for the words “paragraph 7A" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 5(4)(b)".

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

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Textual Amendments

F27Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

GeneralU.K.

19 Expenses.E+W+S

(1)Any expenses under this Act of a Minister of the Crown shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(2)Any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money provided by Parliament or into the Consolidated Fund shall be paid out of such money or, as the case may be, into that Fund.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Textual Amendments

F28Ss. 2, 3(1)–(3)(11), 4(3)(5)(6), 5(1), 6(2)(4), 9(1)(2)(5)(7), 10(1)–(5), 11, 13(1)–(3)(5)(6), 14, 17, 18, 19(3), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21, Sch. 3, Sch. 4, paras. 10, 14 repealed on consolidation (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)

20 Consequential and minor amendments of enactments.U.K.

(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments specified in that Schedule.

(2)An order under section 21(5) of this Act which brings into force a provision of the said Schedule 4 may contain such transitional provisions, including savings, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with or arising out of the coming into force of that provision; and the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument vary or revoke any provision which by virtue of this subsection is included in another order.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

21 Supplemental.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Social Security Act 1980 and this Act and the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1979 may be cited together as the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1980.

(2)In this Act “the principal Act” means the M6Social Security Act 1975 and “the Pensions Act” means the M7Social Security Pensions Act 1975.

(3)[F30Section 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992](which among other things make provision about the extent of powers to make regulations and orders) shall apply to powers to make regulations and orders conferred by sections 8 and 20(2) of this Act and by subsection (5) of this section as extended by the said sections 8 and 20(2) as they apply to powers to make regulations and orders conferred by that Act but as if for references to that Act there were substituted references to the said sections 8 and 20(2) and the said subsection (5) as so extended.

(4)The enactments and instruments mentioned in the first and second columns of Schedule 5 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(5)The following provisions of this Act, namely, section 6 (except subsection (4)) and sections 7 to 10, 14 and 15, Part I and paragraphs 10 and 14 of Schedule 1, Schedules 2 to 4 and Part II of Schedule 5, shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions of this Act; and accordingly the other provisions of this Act come into force on the passing of this Act.

(6)The following provisions only of this Act shall extend to Northern Ireland, namely—

  • sections 9 to 16, except sections 11, 13(6) and 15;

  • section 20(1) and (2) and Schedule 4 so far as they relate to the M8Polish Resettlement Act 1947 and the M9Maintenance Orders Act 1950;

  • this section;

  • Schedule 3; and

  • Schedule 5 so far as it relates to the M10Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943, the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, section 142(5) of the principal Act, the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, section 36(2) of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 and Part III of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6The text of ss.3(4)(8)(9)(12), 4(1), 6(1)(3), 9(6), 16(3)–(6), 21(4), Sch. 2 para. 32, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Schs. 4, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

C7Power exercised by S.I. 1980/729, 1981/1438, 1983/1002, 1984/1492

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