1985 No. 1364 (c.30)

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Act 1985 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1985

Made

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 32(1) of the Social Security Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

Citation1

This order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1985 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1985.

Appointed days2

The day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Social Security Act 1985 which is specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this order is the day specified in relation to that provision in column (3) of that Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Tony NewtonMinister of StateDepartment of Health and Social Security

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Provision of the Social Security Act 1985

Subject Matter

Date of Coming into Force

(1)

(2)

(3)

Section 1

Short service benefit for members of schemes whose employment is terminated before age of 26

1st January 1986

Section 2 and Schedule 1

Transfer and revaluation

1st January 1986

Section 3 and Schedule 2, so far as they relate to the insertion into the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 of the following sections—

Section 56A;

Section 56E(1) (except paragraph (c)) and (2) to (8);

Section 56L(1) (except the words “or (c)” in paragraph (a), and paragraph (b)), (2) to (4), (5)(a), (c) (except so far as it applies to the registrar) and (d), and (6) to (8)

Information about schemes

1st January 1986

Part II of Schedule 3 and section 4 so far as it relates to that Part

Guaranteed minimum pensions

1st January 1986

Section 5

Managers of schemes

1st January 1986

Section 6(1) to (4)

Miscellaneous amendments relating to protection of pensions

1st January 1986

Section 14

Special hardship allowance

4th November 1985

Section 22(1)(a)

Housing benefits-subsidy

6th October 1985

The following paragraphs of Schedule 5 and section 29(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs—

Minor and consequential amendments

Paragraphs 26, 29, 33 and 40

6th October 1985

Paragraphs 1 to 4, 18 to 21, 23, 24, 27, 28 and 30 to 32

1st January 1986

Paragraphs 25 and 38

6th April 1986

The following repeals in Schedule 6 and section 29(2) so far as it relates to those repeals—

Repeals

The repeal of paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973

1st January 1986

The repeals in sections 26(2), 34(4) and 66, and of section 41A(4)(i), of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975

1st January 1986

The repeals of section 41B(4), and in section 59(5)(b), of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975

6th October 1985

The repeal in section 5(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

16th September 1985

The repeal of section 22(9) to (11) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

1st January 1986

The repeals of section 3(6) and in section 3(7) of the Social Security Act 1980

1st January 1986

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation, on various dates in 1985 and 1986, all those provisions of the Social Security Act 1985 which are not brought into operation either by section 32 of the Act itself or by the Social Security Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1125), except the provisions relating to the registration of occupational pension schemes.