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Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975

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PART I — Contributions

Preliminary

Outline of contributory system

1

shall be provided by means of contributions payable to the Department by earners, employers and others, together with the supplements specified in subsection (5) below.

Categories of earners

2

" Earnings "

3

The four classes of contributions

Class 1 contributions (incidence)

4

and the lower and upper earnings limits shall be respectively £11 and £69.

there shall be payable, in accordance with this section (and, except as provided by this Act, without regard to any other payment of earnings to or for the benefit of the earner in respect of any other employment), a primary and a secondary Class 1 contribution.

and in relation to any other case for which it appears to the Department that such provision is needed, regulations may provide that for the purposes of this section the prescribed person is to be treated as the secondary Class 1 contributor in respect of earnings paid to or for the benefit of an earner.

Class 1 standard and reduced rates

5

shall be liable to contribute at the reduced rate for prescribed earnings.

Class 1 exemptions

6

Class 2 contributions

7

Class 3 contributions

8

Class 4 contributions recoverable under Tax Acts

9

in accordance with assessments made from time to time under the Income Tax Acts as applied and modified by section 9(3) and (4) of the Social Security Act 1975.

and may certify from time to time to the Inland Revenue the persons who are excepted from liability, or whose liability is to be deferred, and who accordingly are not required (except in accordance with the regulations) to be assessed for contributions.

but so that no such certificate as is referred to in paragraph (b) above shall relate to a person's profits or gains so far as they exceed whatever is for the time being the higher of the two money sums specified in subsection (2) above.

Class 4 contributions recoverable under regulations

10

he is to be liable, in respect of those earnings, to pay a Class 4 contribution of an amount equal to 8 per cent, of so much of the total as exceeds £1,600 and does not exceed £3,600.

General power to regulate liability for contributions

11

PART II — Benefit and its Administration

CHAPTER I — Contributory Benefits

Preliminary

Descriptions of contributory benefits

12

Contribution conditions and the earnings factor

13
Short-term benefit Short-term benefit
Unemployment benefit Class 1
Sickness benefit Class 1 or 2
Maternity grant Class 1, 2 or 3
Maternity allowance Class 1 or 2
Widow's allowance Class 1, 2 or 3
Other benefits Other benefits
Widowed mother's allowance } Class 1, 2 or 3
Widow's pension Widow's pension
Category A retirement pension } Class 1, 2 or 3
Category B retirement pension } Class 1, 2 or 3
Child's special allowance } Class 1, 2 or 3
Death grant } Class 1, 2 or 3

and separate earnings factors shall be derived from contributions of different classes paid or credited in the same tax year, and from contributions which have been actually paid, as opposed to those not paid but credited.

Provided that for any prescribed purposes of this Chapter " benefit year " may by regulations be made to mean such other period (whether or not a period of 12 months) as may be specified in the regulations.

Benefits for unemployment, sickness and invalidity

Unemployment benefit and sickness benefit

14

and, in determining for the purposes of this subsection the rate at which a retirement pension would have been payable, section 30(1) of this Act (earnings rule) shall be taken not to apply.

but where he has been entitled to the supplement in respect of an aggregate of 156 days in the same period of interruption of employment (including for this purpose, in the case of a woman, any days in that period in respect of which she has been entitled to earnings-related supplement of a maternity allowance), he shall not be entitled thereto in respect of any further day in that period.

This subsection is subject to Schedule 6, Part II.

Invalidity pension

15

and any day in the first 3 days of a period of interruption of employment which was a day of incapacity for work shall be treated for the purposes of this subsection as a day on which he was so entitled.

Invalidity allowance

16

Determination of days for which benefit is payable

17

("work", in this paragraph, meaning work which the person can reasonably be expected to do);

(b) where a person is an employed earner and his employment as such has not been terminated but has been suspended by the employer, a day shall not be treated in relation to that person as a day of unemployment unless it is the 7th or a later day in a continuous period of days on which that suspension has lasted, there being disregarded for the purposes of determining the first 6 days of the period (but for no other purpose)— (i) Sunday or such other day in each week as may have been prescribed under paragraph (e) of this subsection, (ii) any day of recognised or customary holiday in connection with the suspended employment, (iii) such other day or days as may be prescribed ;

and

(b) prescribe respective circumstances in which for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above an employed earner's employment may be treated— (i) as having been or, as the case may be, as not having been terminated, or (ii) as having been or, as the case may be, as not having been suspended.

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Duration of unemployment benefit

18

Loss of employment due to stoppage of work

19

Other disqualifications, etc.

20

but, after the lapse of such an interval from the date on which he becomes unemployed as in the circumstances of the case is reasonable, employment shall not be deemed to be unsuitable by reason only that it is employment of a kind other than employment in his usual occupation if it is employment at a rate of remuneration not lower, and on conditions not less favourable, than those generally observed by agreement between associations of employers and of employees or, failing any such agreement, than those generally recognised by good employers.

Maternity

Maternity grant

21

Maternity allowance

22

This subsection is subject to Schedule 6, Part II.

Supplementary provisions as to maternity benefit

23

Widowhood

Widow's allowance

24

Provided that the allowance shall not be payable for any period after the widow's death or remarriage or for any period during which she is cohabiting with a man as his wife.

This subsection is subject to Schedule 6, Part II.

Widowed mother's allowance

25

Provided that the allowance shall not be payable for any period after the widow's remarriage or for any period during which she is cohabiting with a man as his wife.

Widow's pension

26

Provided that the pension shall not be payable for any period after the widow's remarriage or for any period during which she is cohabiting with a man as his wife.

Retirement pensions (Categories A and B)

Matters affecting entitlement to pension

27

and a person so treated under this subsection shall not cease to be so treated except in pursuance of an election under section 30(3) below (return to work after retirement).

Category A retirement pension

28

and the pension shall commence from the date of retirement and (subject to section 30(1) of this Act (earnings rule)) be payable for the pensioner's life.

In this subsection " year " means tax year.

but only if the number of such days is at least 48; and a day may be so treated by reference to the pensioner or some other person having received, or not having received, benefit of any prescribed description (whether or not under this Act) in respect of that day or a period in which it falls or by reference to any other circumstances whatsoever.

be increased by 1/16th per cent, of the rate of the pension to which he was (or would have been) entitled for every 6 days which were (or would have been) in relation to him and that pension days of increment under subsection (4), but only if the number of such days is at least 48.

and the increase shall be of an amount equal to the weekly rate of the invalidity allowance (whether the higher, the middle or the lower rate) to which he was entitled on that day.

regard is to be had to the rates in force from time to time as increased by up-rating orders, or by any Act passed, or Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly enacted, after the 1973 Act.

Category B retirement pension

29

but only if the number of such days is at least 48 ; and

Category A and B pensions (supplementary)

30

Provided that this subsection shall not affect the rate of the pension for the first week after the date of the beneficiary's retirement.

In this subsection " week", where used in the expression " week for which he is entitled to the pension " and in the proviso, means such period of 7 days as may be prescribed by regulations relating to the payment of pensions.

1976 £35
1977 £50.

this Part of this Act shall have effect as if that person had not retired or become entitled to such a retirement pension ; and any such regulations may make such modifications of the provisions of this Part, or of those of Part III below as those provisions apply in a case where a person makes an election under the regulations, as may appear to the Department necessary or expedient.

the husband shall not be entitled to make an election in accordance with regulations made under subsection (3) above without the consent of the wife, unless that consent is unreasonably withheld.

Other benefits

Child's special allowance

31

Subject to the provisions of this Act (and in particular to those of section 43 imposing limitations on payment of benefit in respect of children), a woman whose marriage has been terminated by divorce shall be entitled to a child's special allowance at the weekly rate specified in relation thereto in Schedule 4, Part I, paragraph 10, if—

Death grant

32

(any such relationship as is specified in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) being taken to include the same relationship by adoption, and to include also any such relationship as would have subsisted if some person born illegitimate had been born legitimate).

but (in either case) a death grant is not payable by virtue of subsection (1), it shall nevertheless be payable if a person having such connection with the deceased as may be prescribed is or was at any time a qualifying contributor.

Supplementary

Partial satisfaction of contribution conditions

33

CHAPTER II — Non-Contributory Benefits

Descriptions of non-contributory benefits

34

Attendance allowance

35

Non-contributory invalidity pension

36

except where she is incapable of performing normal household duties.

Invalid care allowance

37

Guardian's allowance

38

Retirement benefits for the aged

39

of a Category C retirement pension, or of benefit corresponding to a widow's pension or a widowed mother's allowance; and any such pension or benefit shall be at the prescribed rate.

Age addition

40

she shall be entitled to an increase of that pension or allowance, also known as age addition.

CHAPTER III — Increases for Dependants

Child dependants

Beneficiary's dependent children

41

Additional provisions as to increase under s. 41

42

and " the appropriate rate" is a weekly rate which, though not less than the prescribed rate, is less than the minimum rate for the time being required for the purposes of section 3(2) of the Family Allowances Act.

and where, but for paragraph (a) above, a man and his wife would both be entitled to an increase of a retirement pension under section 41(1), regulations may make provision as to their priority.

Limits of increase for dependent children

43

Adult dependants

Short term benefit: increase for adult dependants

44

shall be increased by the amount specified in relation to the benefit in question in Schedule 4, Part IV, column (4), for any of the periods mentioned in subsection (3) below.

Pension increase (wife)

45

In this subsection " week", where used in the expression " week for which he is entitled to benefit" means such period of 7 days as may be prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.

1976 £35
1977 £50.

Pension increase (female with care of children)

46

Invalidity pension (dependent relative)

47

In this subsection " relative " does not include any person who is a child.

Pension increases: supplementary provisions

48

Increase of certain non-contributory benefits

Beneficiaries under ss. 36 and 37

49

The weekly rates—

shall, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, be increased for child or adult dependants by the appropriate amount specified in relation thereto in Schedule 4, Part IV.

CHAPTER IV — Benefit for Industrial Injuries

General provisions as to benefit

Descriptions of industrial injuries benefits

50

Relevant employments

51

Earner acting in breach of regulations, etc.

52

An accident shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of an employed earner's employment, notwithstanding that he is at the time of the accident acting in contravention of any statutory or other regulations applicable to his employment, or of any orders given by or on behalf of his employer, or that he is acting without instructions from his employer, if—

Earner travelling in employer's transport

53

Accidents happening while meeting emergency

54

An accident happening to an employed earner in or about any premises at which he is for the time being employed for the purposes of his employer's trade or business shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment if it happens while he is taking steps, on an actual or supposed emergency at those premises, to rescue, succour or protect persons who are, or are thought to be or possibly to be, injured or imperilled, or to avert or minimise serious damage to property.

Accident caused by another's misconduct, etc.

55

Injury benefit

Injury benefit

56

Disablement benefit

Disablement gratuity and pension

57

Provided that, where he makes a claim for disablement benefit in respect of the accident before the end of that period and does not withdraw it before it is finally determined, then if on any day of that period not earlier than the making of the claim he is not so incapable of work, the fact that he is or may be so incapable on a subsequent day of the period shall be disregarded for the purposes of this subsection.

Provided that where that period is limited by reference to a definite date, the pension shall cease on the death of the beneficiary before that date.

Unemployability supplement

58

Increase of unemployability supplement

59

the weekly rate of unemployability supplement shall be increased by the appropriate amount specified in Schedule 4, Part V, paragraph5.

For the purposes of this subsection a break of more than 13 weeks in entitlement to unemployability supplement means that the periods before and after the break are different periods, and a break of 13 weeks or less is to be disregarded.

Increase of disablement pension for special hardship

60

or if as the result of the relevant loss of faculty the beneficiary is, and has at all times since the end of the injury benefit period been, incapable of following that occupation or any such employment.

and in assessing the standard of remuneration in any employment, including a person's regular occupation, regard is to be had to his reasonable prospects of advancement.

Increase where constant attendance needed

61

Increase during hospital treatment

62

Increase for exceptionally severe disablement

63

the weekly rate of the pension shall, in addition to any increase under section 61, be further increased by the amount specified in Schedule 4, Part V, paragraph 8.

Increases for dependants

Beneficiary's dependent children

64

shall be increased for any period during which the beneficiary has a family which includes a child or children.

and " the appropriate rate " means a weekly rate which, though not less than the prescribed rate, is less than the minimum rate for the time being required for the purposes of section 3(2) of that Act.

Additional provisions as to increase under s. 64

65

Adult dependants

66

and the requisite rate for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and (b) above is a weekly rate not less than that amount.

1976 £35
1977 £50.

Industrial death benefit

Widow's benefit (entitlement)

67

Provided that a pension under this section shall not be payable for any period during which the beneficiary is cohabiting with a man not her husband.

Widow's benefit (rate)

68

Widower's benefit (entitlement and rate)

69

Children of deceased's family

70

Parents

71

unless the man whom she marries or, as the case may be, with whom she is cohabiting is a man with whom she was cohabiting immediately before the deceased's death.

Relatives

72

and a pension payable to such a relative under this section shall commence only from the date on which he ceases to be a child.

Woman having care of deceased's children

73

she shall be entitled to death benefit if she was being wholly or mainly maintained by the deceased at that date and was, or would but for the accident have been, so maintained throughout that period.

Provided that the allowance—

Beneficiary previously maintained by deceased

74

shall not exceed the weekly rate of the contributions which the deceased was (or would but for the relevant accident have been) making; and

but this does not apply where the deceased at his death was (or would but for the relevant accident have been) wholly maintaining the beneficiary.

references in subsection (1) above to the weekly rate of the deceased's contributions are to that of the contributions which he might have been expected to make to the relative's maintenance when he ceased to be a child.

Death of person with constant attendance allowance

75

he is to be regarded for the purposes of entitlement to industrial death benefit as having died as a result of the injury in respect of which the disablement pension was payable.

CHAPTER V — Industrial Diseases, and Injuries not within Chapter IV

Benefit in respect of industrial disease, etc.

76

General provisions as to benefit under s. 76

77

Respiratory diseases

78

CHAPTER VI — Administration of Benefit

Provisions relating to benefit under Chapters I to V

Claims and awards

79

as having been entitled to benefit for any day if he would have been so entitled but for any delay or failure to make or prosecute a claim ; but a person is not to be so treated where he shows that he did not intend, by failing to acquire or establish a right to benefit for that day, to cause a new period of interruption of employment to begin for the purposes of earnings-related supplement, or to avoid the necessity of re-qualifying for benefit.

Claims in the alternative

80

or may be treated for the purposes of the Family Allowances Act as a claim for a payment under that Act.

may be treated as a claim in the alternative for such benefit under Chapters I to III as may be prescribed.

Payment

81

Disqualification and suspension

82

it may direct that payment of the benefit shall be suspended in whole or in part until that question has been determined; but this does not apply in any case where the question has arisen as to whether the claimant has ceased to be entitled to receive unemployment benefit by reason of any of the provisions of section 20(1)(b) to (e).

Disqualifications disregarded for certain purposes

83

Persons maintaining dependants, etc.

84

that person shall be deemed to be wholly or mainly maintained by such of those beneficiaries as may be prescribed.

the parent or relative is to be treated as having received, from such of those employed earners as may be prescribed, contributions to his maintenance equal to the aggregate amount which they were together contributing before the accidents happened, and as having received nothing from the others.

to be treated for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (5) below as such contributions, of such respective amounts equal in the aggregate to the said sum or sums, in respect of such persons, as may be determined in accordance with the regulations so as to secure as large a payment as possible by way of benefit in respect of dependants.

Overlapping benefits

85

Set-off of overpayments

86

and for reducing or withholding accordingly any arrears payable for that period by virtue of the subsequent decision.

Benefit to be inalienable

87

Provisions relating to industrial injuries benefit only

Notification of accidents, etc.

88

Regulations may provide—

Medical examination and treatment

89

Obligations of claimants

90

or for suspending proceedings on the claim or payment of benefit, as the case may be, in the case of any such failure, obstruction or misconduct.

medical examination or treatment, shall not be made so as to disentitle a claimant to benefit for a period exceeding 6 weeks on any disqualification.

Adjustments for successive accidents

91

and for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) they include also, in the case of a beneficiary under the age of 18, any increase in the rate of a disablement pension under section 60 (special hardship).

Supplementary

Benefit forgone for unabated sick pay

92

PART III — Determination of Claims and Questions

Adjudication by Department

Principal questions for Department

93

but not any other question relating to Class 4 contributions, nor any question within section 98(1)(c) (disqualification for unemployment benefit, etc.).

Appeal on question of law

94

Other questions for Department

95

is to be granted or renewed and, if so, for what period and of what amount;

Review of decisions under ss. 93, 95

96

Adjudication by insurance officers, local tribunals and Commissioners

Adjudicating officials and bodies

97

Claims and questions to be submitted to insurance officer

98

Decision of insurance officer

99

Appeal to local tribunal

100

and the question has been determined and the insurance officer certifies that the decision on that question is the sole ground of his decision, no appeal lies under this section without leave of the chairman of the local tribunal.

Appeal from local tribunal to Commissioner

101

Questions first arising on appeal

102

Reference of special questions

103

Review of decisions

104

and the decision of that question is revised under section 95(2) or 96 (Department) or section 106 (Attendance Allowance Board) or section 110 (medical board).

Adjudication in relation to attendance allowance

Attendance Allowance Board for Northern Ireland

105

but regulations may make further provision as to the constitution and procedure of the Board.

Review of, and appeal from, Board's decision

106

In this subsection references to the Board include a delegate appointed in pursuance of paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to this Act.

Adjudication in relation to industrial injuries, etc.

Declaration that accident is an industrial accident

107

Disablement questions

108

Medical appeals and references

109

Provided that an appeal shall not lie against a provisional assessment of the extent of disablement before the expiration of 2 years from the date of the first reference of the case to a medical board, nor where the period taken into account by the assessment falls wholly within those 2 years.

Review of medical decisions

110

Reference to single doctor

111

Effect of doctor's decision

112

A decision on a reference under section 111 above shall have effect as if it were a decision of a medical board, and accordingly shall be subject to appeal and review, and may be referred for consideration to a medical appeal tribunal.

Adjudication as to industrial diseases

113

the provisions of this Part of this Act subject to any prescribed additions or modifications.

Provided that compensation for loss of time shall not be paid to any person in respect of any time during which he is in receipt of remuneration under this subsection.

Adjudication generally

Regulations as to determination of questions

114

of any question arising under or in connection with this Act or the former legislation, including a claim for benefit. " The former legislation " means the National Insurance Measures (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1974 and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Measures (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1974.

and subsections (5) and (6) of section 94 of this Act shall apply to a reference or appeal under this subsection as they apply to a reference or appeal under subsections (1) to (3) of that section.

Procedure

115

Tribunal of 2 or 3 Commissioners

116

Finality of decisions

117

The reference in this subsection to a medical board includes a medical practitioner determining disablement questions on a reference under section 111.

Questions as to child or family

118

Effect of adjudication on payment and recovery

119

PART IV — General Provisions as to Operation and Administration of this Act

Re-rating of contributions and up-rating of benefits

Amendments following alterations in Great Britain

120

Whenever the Secretary of State makes an order under. section 120, 122 or 124 of the Social Security Act 1975 (re-rating of contributions; up-rating of benefits), the Department, or, where the Secretary of State's order is made under section 122(4) of that Act, the Department of Manpower Services, may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland, amending this Act or the Old Cases Act in the same way, and to the same effect, and from as nearly as may be the same date or dates, as the Social Security Act 1975 or the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 (as the case may be) is amended by the order of the Secretary of State.

Supplementary provisions as to up-rating

121

Schedule 14 to this Act has effect with respect to benefit under this Act or the Old Cases Act, where rates of benefit are altered—

Special classes of earners

Crown employment

122

Her Majesty's forces

123

Mariners, airmen, etc.

124

shall be excluded from the contributions which under section 1(5) of this Act are to be taken into account for the purpose of arriving at the amount of any supplement under that subsection and shall be administered and applied in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed.

Married women and widows

125

in such manner as it thinks proper, in their application to women who are or have been married.

and to revoke any such election.

Persons outside Northern Ireland

126

The Department may make regulations modifying Parts I, II and III of this Act, in such manner as it thinks proper, in their application to persons who are or have been outside Northern Ireland at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances.

Finance

National Insurance Fund

127

then, in such cases or classes of case as may be specified by the Department by order made with the consent of the Department of Finance the amount of the payments to be made shall be taken to be such, and payments on account thereof shall be made at such times and in such manner, as may be determined by the Department in accordance with any directions given by the Department of Finance.

Destination of contributions and supplements

128

and " the appropriate allocation to the Redundancy Fund ", in the case of secondary Class 1 contributions, means 0.2 per cent. of the amount determined to be that of the earnings in respect of which those contributions were paid; and in this subsection "determined" means determined by the Department in accordance with any directions given by the Department of Finance.

and any estimate by the Department for the purposes of those paragraphs shall be made in accordance with any directions given by the Department of Finance.

General financial arrangements

129

except in so far as they may be required by any enactment to be paid or borne in some other way.

Payments for purposes of s. 92

130

Payments for purposes of vocational training, etc.

131

There may be paid out of the National Insurance Fund such contributions as the Department, with the consent of the Department of Finance, may determine towards the cost of the provision, under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945, for persons entitled to disablement benefit, of vocational training courses, industrial rehabilitation courses or facilities in connection with employment or work under special conditions; and any such contributions shall, in accordance with the directions of the Department of Finance, be applied as an appropriation in aid of the moneys appropriated by Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the expenses of the Department of Manpower Services under that Act.

Advice

Advisory functions in relation to attendance allowance

132

The Attendance Allowance Board shall have (in addition to their other functions)—

Social security systems outside Northern Ireland

Co-ordination with Great Britain

133

Reciprocity with other countries

134

Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting this Act in its application to cases affected by the agreement.

Enforcement

Appointment and powers of inspectors

135

but do not include any private dwelling-house not used by, or by permission of, the occupier for the purposes of a trade or business.

Duty to submit to inspection

136

but no one shall be required under this section to answer any questions or to give any evidence tending to incriminate himself or, in the case of a person who is married, his or her spouse.

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not more than £50.

Offences and penalties

137

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not more than £400, or to imprisonment for a term not more than 3 months, or to both.

but this subsection does not apply to a contravention of, or failure to comply with, regulations requiring a person to submit himself to medical treatment.

General provisions as to prosecutions

138

For the purposes of this subsection, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Head of the Department or a secretary or assistant secretary of the Department as to the date on which the evidence in question came to the knowledge of the Department is conclusive evidence of the date on which it did so.

Provided that the wife or husband is not compellable either to give evidence or, in giving evidence, to disclose any communication made to her or him by the accused during the marriage.

Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, this paragraph applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

Questions arising in proceedings

139

any such question arises as is mentioned in section 93(1) of this Act, the decision of the Department shall be conclusive for the purposes of the proceedings.

Unpaid contributions

Evidence of non-payment

140

shall until the contrary is proved be sufficient evidence in any proceedings before any court that the sum mentioned in the certificate is unpaid and due.

Recovery on prosecution

141

he shall be liable to pay to the Department a sum equal to the amount of the contribution.

Proof of previous offences

142

Provisions supplementary to ss. 141, 142

143

Priority in bankruptcy, etc.

144

Matters particularly relating to industrial injuries, etc.

Research on industrial injuries, etc.

145

either by itself employing persons to conduct such research or by contributing to the expenses of, or otherwise assisting, other persons engaged in such research.

Control of pneumoconiosis

146

As respects pneumoconiosis, regulations may provide—

Accidents in course of illegal employment

147

subsection (2) below has effect.

Persons treated as employers for certain purposes

148

In relation to—

regulations may provide for a prescribed person to be treated in respect of industrial injuries benefit and its administration as the earner's employer.

Supplementary schemes

149

Payments for pre-1948 cases

150

as if the injury or disease were one in respect of which a disablement pension were for the time being payable ;

as if the injury or disease were one in respect of which a disablement pension were for the time being payable in respect of an assessment of 100 per cent.;

(as the case may be) subject to any additions or modifications.

Other administrative provisions

Furnishing of addresses for maintenance proceedings, etc.

151

Treatment of certain marriages

152

Regulations may provide—

is to be treated as having, or not having, the consequences of a marriage celebrated under a law which does not permit polygamy ;

and regulations made for the purposes of subsection (6) above may make different provision in relation to different purposes and circumstances.

Exemption from stamp duty

153

Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any document authorised by virtue of this Act or otherwise required in order to give effect to this Act or in connection with any description of business thereunder.

Disclosure of information by Inland Revenue

154

PART V — General

Orders and regulations (general provisions)

155

and where such a power is expressed to be exercisable for alternative purposes it may be exercised in relation to the same case for any or all of those purposes; and powers to make Orders in Council, regulations or an order for the purposes of any one provision of this Act are without prejudice to powers to make regulations or an order for the purposes of any other provision.

Orders and regulations (control by Northern Ireland Assembly)

156

Interpretation

157

Citation, extent and commencement

158

SCHEDULES 1–9

Class 1 contributions where earner employed in more than one employment

1

Earnings not paid at normal intervals

2

Regulations may, for the purposes of Class 1 contributions, make provision as to the intervals at which payments of earnings are to be treated as made.

Method of paying Class 1 contributions

3

General provisions as to Class 1 contributions

4

Regulations may, in relation to Class 1 contributions, make provision—

Power to combine collection of contributions with tax

5

General regulation-making powers

6

for the purpose of enabling the incidence of liability for contributions of any class to be determined, and to retain the records for so long as may be prescribed;

may include provision for the payment to the Department by any person who adopts any alternative method, and for the recovery by the Department, of the prescribed fees in respect of any difference in the expense in administration.

7

Regulations may provide that, for the purpose of determining whether a contribution is payable in respect of any person, or for determining the amount or rate of any contribution, he is to be treated as having attained at the beginning of a week, or as not having attained until the end of a week, any age which he attains during the course of that week.

SCHEDULE 2

Interpretation

1

In this Schedule—

Method of computing profits or gains

2

Subject to the following paragraphs, Class 4 contributions shall be payable in respect of the full amount of all profits or gains of any relevant trade, profession or vocation chargeable to income tax under Case I or II of Schedule D, subject to—

where in either case the allowance arises from activities of any relevant trade, profession or vocation ; and

Reliefs

3

so far as incurred wholly or exclusively for the purposes of any relevant trade, profession or vocation, by way of deduction from or set-off against profits or gains chargeable to Class 4 contributions for the year in which the payments are made ; and, in the case of any insufficiency of the profits or gains of that year, the payments shall be carried forward and deducted from, or set off against, the profits or gains of any subsequent year (being deducted or set off as far as may be from or against the profits or gains of the immediately following year, whether or not relief can be claimed under this paragraph for that year, and so far as it cannot be so deducted, from or against those of the next year, and so on).

Husband and wife

4

Partnerships

5

Trustees, etc.

6

In any circumstances in which apart from this paragraph a person would—

such contributions shall not be payable either by him or by any other person.

Other provisions

7

Section 88(1), (4) and (5)(a) and (b) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (interest on tax recovered to make good loss due to taxpayer's fault) shall apply in relation to any amount due in respect of Class 4 contributions as it applies in relation to income tax ; but section 86 of that Act (interest on amounts overdue) shall not apply.

8

Where an assessment has become final and conclusive for the purposes of income tax for any year, that assessment shall also be final and conclusive for the purposes of computing liability for Class 4 contributions; and no allowance or adjustment of liability, on the ground of diminution of income or loss, shall be taken into account in computing profits or gains chargeable to Class 4 contributions unless that allowance or adjustment has previously been made on an application under the special provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating thereto, or falls to be allowed under paragraph 3(4) of this Schedule.

9

The provisions of Part V of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (appeals, etc.) shall apply with the necessary modifications in relation to Class 4 contributions as they apply in relation to income tax; but nothing in the Income Tax Acts shall apply with respect to the determination of any question arising—

SCHEDULES 11–17

PART I — The conditions

Unemployment and sickness benefit

1

Maternity grant

2

Maternity allowance

3

Widow's allowance

4

Widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension; retirement pensions (Categories A and B)

5
Duration of working life Requisite number of years
10 years or less The number of years of the working life, minus 1.
20 years or less (but more than 10) The number of years of the working life, minus 2.
30 years or less (but more than 20) The number of years of the working life, minus 3.
40 years or less (but more than 30) The number of years of the working life, minus 4.
More than 40 years The number of years of the working life, minus 5.

Child's special allowance

6

Death grant

7

PART II — Satisfaction of conditions in early years of contribution

8
9

Where a person claims unemployment benefit, he shall be deemed to satisfy the first contribution condition for the benefit if on a previous claim for any short-term benefit (other than a widow's allowance) he has satisfied the first contribution condition for that benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 above, with contributions of a class relevant to unemployment benefit.

10

Where a person claims sickness benefit, he shall be deemed to satisfy the first contribution condition for the benefit if on a previous claim for any short-term benefit (other than a widow's allowance) he has satisfied the first contribution condition for that benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 above, with contributions of a class relevant to sickness benefit.

11

Where a woman claims a maternity grant, the contributor concerned for the purposes of the claim shall be deemed to satisfy the first contribution condition for the grant if on a previous claim for any short-term benefit (other than a widow's allowance) that contributor has satisfied the first contribution condition for that benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 above, with contributions of a class relevant to maternity grant.

12

Where a woman claims a maternity allowance, she shall be deemed to satisfy the first contribution condition for the allowance if on a previous claim by her for any short-term benefit (other than a widow's allowance) she has satisfied the first contribution condition for that benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 above, with contributions of a class relevant to maternity allowance.

13

Where a woman claims a widow's allowance, the contributor concerned for the purposes of the claim shall be deemed to satisfy the contribution condition for the allowance if on a claim made in the past for any short-term benefit (other than a widow's allowance) he has satisfied the first contribution condition for the benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 above, with contributions of a class relevant to widow's allowance.

SCHEDULE 4

PART I — Contributory Periodical Benefits

PART II — Maternity Grant and Death Grant

PART III — Non-Contributory Periodical Benefits (ss. 34-40)

PART IV — Increases for Dependants (ss. 41-49)

PART V — Rate or Amount of Industrial Injuries Benefit

SCHEDULE 5

" Unemployability supplement or allowance " in section 14(5)(b) of this Act means—

SCHEDULE 6

PART I — Computation of weekly rate

1
2

The claimant's or late husband's reckonable weekly earnings for the relevant year shall be his earnings factor for that year (derived from Class 1 contributions actually paid) divided by 50.

3
4

The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall be subject to any regulations under paragraph 7 below.

PART II — Additional provisions

5

Where, in the case of a person entitled in respect of any day to earnings-related supplement of sickness benefit or a maternity allowance, payment by way of such benefit or of such an allowance does not, but a payment by way of injury benefit (section 56) does, fall to be made to that person in respect of that day, the earnings-related supplement may be paid with the injury benefit.

6

Where, in the case of a person entitled to any such earnings-related supplement in respect of any day, a payment by way of sickness benefit or a maternity allowance does not, but a payment by way of injury benefit does, fall to be made to that person in respect of that day, paragraph 3(1)(b) above shall apply in his case with the substitution—

7

Regulations may provide that the relevant year for the purposes of Part I of this Schedule shall be such other year than that specified in paragraph 1(2) as may be prescribed by the regulations.

SCHEDULE 7

1
2

The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is that which is obtained by—

3

The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is that which is obtained by—

being years for which her own earnings factor was sufficient for satisfaction by her of paragraph (b) of the second contribution condition.

SCHEDULE 8

General provisions as to method of assessment

1

For the purposes of section 57 of this Act, the extent of disablement shall be assessed by reference to the disabilities incurred by the claimant as a result of the relevant loss of faculty, in accordance with the following general principles:—

2

Provision may be made by regulations for further defining the principles on which the extent of disablement is to be assessed and such regulations may in particular direct that a prescribed loss of faculty shall be treated as resulting in a prescribed degree of disablement ; and, in connection with any such direction, nothing in paragraph 1(c) above prevents the making of different provision, in the case of loss of faculty in or affecting hand or arm, for right-handed and for left-handed persons.

3

Regulations under paragraph 1(d) or 2 above may include provision—

so however that no assessment shall be reduced by virtue of this paragraph.

4

The period to be taken into account by an assessment of the extent of a claimant's disablement shall be the period (beginning not earlier than the end of the injury benefit period, and limited by reference either to the claimant's life or to a definite date) during which the claimant has suffered and may be expected to continue to suffer from the relevant loss of faculty:

5

An assessment shall state the degree of disablement in the form of a percentage and shall also specify the period taken into account thereby and, where that period is limited by reference to a definite date, whether the assessment is provisional or final:

Special provision as to entitlement to constant attendance allowance, etc.

6

regulations may provide for the extent of the person's disablement resulting from the relevant injury or disease to be determined in such manner as may be provided for by the regulations by reference to all disabilities to which that person is subject which result either from the relevant injury or disease or from any other injury or disease in respect of which there fall to be made to the person payments of any of the descriptions listed in sub-paragraph (2) below.

SCHEDULE 9

1

Where two or more persons satisfy the conditions, in respect of the same death, for receipt of an allowance or allowances under section 70 of this Act for any period—

2

Where two or more persons satisfy the conditions, in respect of the same death, for receipt of—

only one of those persons shall be entitled to the pension or allowance, as the case may be.

3

No person shall be entitled in respect of the death of a person to a pension under section 72 where any person is entitled in respect of the deceased's death to a pension as the deceased's widow or widower or the deceased's parent.

4
5

No person shall be entitled in respect of a person's death both to an allowance under section 73 and to a pension or gratuity, or to an allowance both under section 72 and under section 73.

6

and shall not in any case exceed £104.

7
8

Provided that, where an award of benefit in respect of the deceased's death, based on the fact that that person was or might become so entitled, has been made in favour of some other person, the death of the first-mentioned person shall not affect that award so as to deprive that other person of any benefit thereby awarded, except where, by reason of the first-mentioned person's death, a further award of benefit of a different description is made on review in favour of that other person.

SCHEDULE 10

Panels for appointment to local tribunals

1

Provided that the Department may at any time terminate the appointment of any member of a panel.

Provided that—

Tribunal chairmen

2

Expenses of tribunal members and others

3

as the Department with the consent of the Department of Finance may determine.

Provided that such compensation shall not be paid to any person in respect of any time during which he is in receipt of remuneration under this paragraph.

Commissioners' remuneration etc.

4

The Department shall pay to a National Insurance Commissioner such salary or other remuneration, and such expenses incurred in connection with the work of a Commissioner or any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner, as may be determined by the Department of Finance.

Retirement of Commissioners

5

Commissioners’ pensions

6
Years of service Fraction of salary
Less than 5 6/40ths
5 10/40ths
6 11/40ths
7 12/40ths
8 13/40ths
9 14/40ths
10 15/40ths
11 16/40ths
12 17/40ths
13 18/40ths
14 19/40ths
15 or more 20/40ths

Commissioners’ pensions: supplementary

7

shall, before being so appointed or, as the case may be, remunerated, furnish to the Lord Chancellorsatisfactory evidence that his health is suitable for the discharge of the duties of the office.

and where the Lord Chancelloris satisfied that his health has throughout his service been such that it has enabled him duly to discharge the duties of his office, the Lord Chancellormay after the completion of the relevant period of service, direct that the said sub-paragraph or, as the case may be, the said Part, shall have effect as if he had not made that election.

SCHEDULE 11

PART I — Membership of Board and Method of Discharging Functions

1
2

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 shall continue with the Attendance Allowance Board for Northern Ireland included in Part II of Schedule 1 to that Act as substituted by section 10 of and Schedule 3 to the Act (bodies of which all members are disqualified for membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly) at the place where it was inserted in the Schedule by Schedule 2 to the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.

3

The Board may appoint persons as advisers to the Board on matters on which in the Board's opinion those persons are specially qualified.

4

The Board may refer any individual case for investigation and report to one or more persons specially qualified in the Board's opinion to investigate that case.

5

The Board may delegate any of their functions in respect of any individual case to one or more medical practitioners and any functions so delegated shall be exercised by the practitioners in accordance with any directions of the Board.

PART II — Personnel, Administration and Expenses

6

The chairman and other members of the Board shall hold office for such period of not more than 5 nor less than 3 years as the Department may determine ; but any member—

7

The Department may remove a member of the Board on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

8

Nothing in paragraphs 6 and 7 above applies to an additional member of the Board appointed in pursuance of paragraph 1(2); and each such member shall hold office for such period as the Department may determine, but the Department may at any time by notice in writing to the member terminate or alter that period and the member may at any time by notice in writing to the Department resign office.

9

The Department shall make arrangements for securing that such of its officers and servants as it considers to be required for the exercise of the Board's functions are available to act as officers and servants of the Board.

10

The expenses of the Board to such an amount as may be approved by the Department of Finance shall be paid by the Department.

11

There may be paid as part of the expenses of the Board—

as the Department may with the consent of the Department of Finance determine.

12

Subject to any directions given to them by the Department, the Board may—

SCHEDULE 12

1

Medical boards shall be appointed by the Department and shall consist of two or more medical practitioners of whom one shall be appointed as chairman:

2

Medical appeal tribunals shall be appointed by the Department and shall consist of a chairman and two medical practitioners.

3

Subject to the foregoing paragraphs, the constitution of medical boards and medical appeal tribunals shall be determined by regulations.

4

The Department may pay—

such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, as it may determine.

5

The Department may pay to persons required to attend on the consideration of a case—

such travelling and other allowances as it may determine.

6

The Department may pay such other expenses as it may determine, being expenses incurred in connection with the work of medical boards and medical appeal tribunals, and medical practitioners acting in place of a medical board.

7

The consent of the Department of Finance shall be required for any determination by the Department under paragraphs 4 to 6 above.

8

In the above paragraphs references to travelling and other allowances include compensation for loss of remunerative time ; but such compensation shall not be paid to a person in respect of any time during which he is in receipt of remuneration under this Schedule.

SCHEDULE 13

1

Provision prescribing the procedure to be followed in connection with the consideration and determination of claims and questions by the Department and a competent tribunal, or in connection with the withdrawal of a claim.

2

Provision as to the form which is to be used for any document, the evidence which is to be required and the circumstances in which any official record or certificate is to be sufficient or conclusive evidence.

3

Provision as to the time to be allowed for producing any evidence, or for making an appeal.

4

Provision as to the manner in which and the time within which a question may be raised with a view to its decision by the Department under Part III of this Act, or with a view to the review of a decision under that Part.

5

Provision for summoning persons to attend and give evidence or produce documents and for authorising the administration of oaths to witnesses.

6

Provision for authorising a competent tribunal consisting of two or more members to proceed with any case, with the consent of the claimant, in the absence of any member.

7

Provision for giving the chairman of a competent tribunal consisting of two or more members a second or casting vote where the number of members present is an even number.

8

Provision for empowering the Department, an insurance officer or a competent tribunal to refer to a medical practitioner for examination and report any question arising for its, his or their decision.

9

Provision—

and for extending and defining the functions of assessors for the purposes of this Act.

10

Provision for the non-disclosure to a person of the particulars of any medical advice or medical evidence given or submitted for the purposes of the determination of, or of any question arising on, any claim if, in the opinion of the prescribed authority (being the person or tribunal, or the chairman of the tribunal, by whom that determination falls to be made), disclosure of those particulars to that person would be undesirable in his interests.

11

Provision for requiring or authorising the Department to hold, or to appoint a person to hold, an inquiry in connection with the consideration of any question by the Department.

SCHEDULE 14

Preliminary

1

In this Schedule, "the commencing date " means the date fixed for payment of benefit at an altered rate to commence.

Awards before commencing date

2

Variation of disablement gratuities

3

Where in consequence of the passing of an Act, the enactment of a Measure, or the making of an order, altering the rate of disablement pension under section 57 of this Act, regulations are made varying the scale of disablement gratuities under section 57(5), the regulations may provide that the scale as varied shall apply only in cases where the period taken into account by the assessment of the extent of the disablement in respect of which the gratuity is awarded begins or began after such day as may be prescribed.

Benefit in respect of children or adult dependants

4

Where for any purpose of this Act or regulations the weekly rate at which a person contributes to the cost of providing for a child, or to the maintenance of an adult dependant, is to be calculated for a period beginning on or after the commencing date for an increase in the weekly rate of benefit, but account is to be taken of amounts referable to the period before the commencing date, then those amounts shall be treated as increased in proportion to the increase in the weekly rate of benefit; but this paragraph has effect subject to such exceptions or conditions (if any) as may be prescribed.

SCHEDULE 15

1
2
3

SCHEDULE 16

Implementation of schemes

1

The Department may by order approve a supplementary scheme whether with or without amendment, if it is satisfied that it is expedient that the scheme should come into operation:

2

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, and to paragraphs 3 to 5 below, a supplementary scheme may—

3

A supplementary scheme may empower the body charged with the administration of the scheme to make, if the Department so directs, such temporary modifications in any of the rates of contribution or the rates or periods of benefit under the scheme as are, in the opinion of the Department, sufficient to secure the solvency of the fund constituted under the scheme.

4

No part of the funds required for providing benefits under a supplementary scheme, or otherwise in connection therewith, shall be derived from money appropriated by Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly; but this paragraph does not prevent the making, in respect of persons whose remuneration is or may be defrayed out of money so appropriated, of a scheme whereunder contributions are payable by employers.

5

Subject to paragraphs 6 to 9 below, a supplementary scheme when approved by the Department shall continue in force until determined in accordance with its provisions.

Amendment and consolidation of schemes

6

The Department may by order—

after consultation with the last-mentioned body make such modifications in any of the rates of contribution or the rates or periods of benefit under the scheme as appear to it to be required in order to make the fund, as the case may be, sufficient or no more than reasonably sufficient to discharge its liabilities.

7

An order under paragraph 6 above with respect to any supplementary scheme may replace all or any of the provisions of the scheme (whether or not previously amended, varied or modified under that paragraph) with new provisions consolidating those provisions as they are to have effect with the amendments, variations or modifications to be made by the order.

8

The Department, after consulting the body charged with the administration of a supplementary scheme, may make an order under this paragraph for the purpose of consolidating the provisions of the scheme as for the time being amended, varied or modified.

9

An order made by virtue of paragraph 7 or 8 above may revoke previous orders under paragraph 6, 7 or 8 relating to the scheme so far as they are superseded by the consolidation or have otherwise become obsolete or unnecessary.

Set-off of overpayments

10
11

Where a person has received in respect of any period a payment by way of benefit which disentitles him to a payment which would otherwise be payable to him in respect of that period under a supplementary scheme and he is subsequently found not to have been entitled to the whole or part of the amount of that payment of benefit, any payment under the scheme in respect of that period may, at the discretion of the person by whom the payment falls to be made, be abated by the amount of benefit overpaid or so much thereof as has not been—

12

The amount by which a payment to any person is abated under paragraph 10 or 11 above on account of some other payment to that person shall not be otherwise recoverable from that person and shall be made good out of the fund out of which the abated payment fell to be made to the fund out of which that other payment was made.

Exemption of certain documents from stamp duty

13

Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any of the following documents—

14

Paragraph 13 above is without prejudice to section 153 of this Act.

SCHEDULE 17

Adjudicating officials and bodies.

1–96
98–157

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1–4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7A

Appeals.

7B

he shall have a right of appeal to the Lord Chancellor against that decision.

the person so claiming.

Editorial notes

[^c707547]: Act amended (retrospective to 23.7.1987) by 1994 c. 1. s. 3(2)

[^c707548]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed (with effect from 1.7.92) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Sch. 1.

[^c707549]: Power, to amend or repeal any provision of this Act which relates to mobility allowance, conferred by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 5, Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(4)

[^c707550]: Power to modify Act conferred by S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I.16) art. 7(1)(a), and 1986/1888 (N.I.18), arts. 18(1)(3)(h), 79(1)(6)

[^c707551]: Act modified by S.I. 1976/2148

[^c707552]: Act modified by S.R. 1976/196, 1977/336, 1978/114, 1978/202, 1978/327, 1979/186, regs. 54, 110, 115, 117, 1979/244 reg. 3, 1979/303, 1981/363, art. 2, 1982/370, art. 2, and 1983/36, 1983/387, 432, 1984/90, 449, 1985/205, 1987/231, 399, 402, 1988/119, 1989/100, 137, 427, 428, 1991/139, 1992/151, 269

[^c707553]: Act extended by S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I.15), art. 2(3) and by S.R. 1984/92 reg. 4

[^c707554]: Act excluded by S.I. 1982/1082 (N.I.14), art. 6 and S.R. 1987/152 reg. 2(5).

[^c707555]: Act applied by S.R. 1988/374.

[^c707556]: The base date version of this Act is as revised to 1.7.1992 and takes account of the effects of the consolidating legislation which came into force at that date

[^c707557]: Act partly in force 6.4.1975, see s. 158(3). Act wholly in force at 17.11.1975.

[^c707558]: Act: power to amend conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 173; S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

[^c707559]: Act: power to amend (for specified purposes) conferred (1.12.1999 for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations) by S.I. 1999/3147, art. 40(1)(2)(f) and (1.12.2000 in so far as not already in operation) by S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(d), Sch. Pt. IV

[^c707560]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^c707561]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^c707562]: The reference to “this part of this Act” is a reference to Part III (ss. 93–119)

[^c707563]: Power to amend s. 97(4) conferred by S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18), arts. 18(2)(3)(h), 79(1)(6)

[^c707564]: S. 97(4): Power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(h); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

[^c707565]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3 (subject as regards s. 128 to an amendment (retrospective in effect as mentioned in art. 4(3) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1994/765 (N.I. 4), art. 4(3)

[^c707567]: Words in s. 158 inserted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(a).

[^c707568]: S. 158(2A) inserted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(b).

[^c707569]: 1975 c. 18.

[^c707570]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^c707575]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^c707576]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^c707577]: Sch. 10 para 5(2): Power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(h); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

[^c707578]: 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

[^c707579]: Para. 5(3) added by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 10(1).

[^c707592]: Para. 6 excluded by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8, SIF 113:1), ss. 39, 41, 48–50 Sch. 2 para. 1(6)

[^c707593]: Para. 6: certain functions transferred by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 82, Sch. 9 Pt. II, paras. 3(1)(a), 4, 8(2)

[^c707594]: Sch. 10 para. 6: power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(h); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

[^c707595]: Words substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(a)

[^c707596]: Word substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(b)

[^c707597]: Words substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(2)

[^c707598]: Para. 6(1)(a) substituted by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 10(2).

[^c707599]: 1992 c. 8(113:1).

[^c707601]: Sch. 10 para. 6(1A) inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 31, Sch. 8 para.11; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

[^c707603]: Sch. 10 para. 6(4) repealed (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, ss. 24, 31, Sch.3 Pt. III para. 7(1)(c), Sch. 9; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.

[^c707604]: 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

[^c707605]: Para. 7 excluded by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8, SIF 113:1), ss. 39, 41, 48–50 Sch. 2 para. 1(6)

[^c707606]: Para. 7: certain functions transferred by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 82, Sch. 9 Pt. II, paras. 3(1)(a), 4, 8(2)

[^c707607]: Words substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(a)

[^c707612]: 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

[^c707613]: Words substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(3).

[^c707614]: Word substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(b)

[^c707619]: Para. 7A inserted by S.R. (N.I.) No. 1989/100, reg. 5 Sch. 4.

[^c707620]: Para. 7A excluded by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8, SIF 113:1), ss. 39, 41, 48–50 Sch. 2 para. 1(6)

[^c707621]: Sch. 10 para. 7A: power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(h); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

[^c707623]: Sch. 10 para. 7A(3) modified (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, ss. 13(8)(9)(f); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

[^c707624]: Sch. 10 para. 7B inserted (31.3.1995) by virtue of 1993 c.8, s. 24, Sch. 3 Pt. III, para. 7(4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

[^c707573]: Certain functions transferred by S.R. 1976/281, art. 3, Sch., S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) arts. 3, 4(1) and Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50 SIF 113:1) s. 82, Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 10

[^c707574]: Power to amend Sch. 10 conferred by S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18), arts. 18(3), 79(1)(6)

[^c707625]: Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Schs. 1, 3.

[^key-3a62a3a43a748a20e9fc9c133f371fcc]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 7A(2) omitted (19.12.2003) by virtue of The Election Against Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/482), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)

[^key-0fed4dc58c7f341d32cc08b4d20e009e]: Sch. 10 para. 7A(3)(b) substituted (19.12.2003) by The Election Against Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/482), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)

[^key-722e6c17fa89d8c403faf02e2b7a849c]: Sch. 10 para. 6(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 21(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)

[^key-d0a0a2b3e6acd9a0f8bff14d5be50970]: Sch. 10 para. 7(5A)(5B) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 21(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)

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