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Social Security Act 1980

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Amendments of certain enactments relating to social security

Amendments relating to up-rating

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Other amendments of Social Security Act 1975

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The Social Security Act 1975 (hereafter in this Act referred to as " the principal Act ") shall have effect with the amendments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, and references in that Schedule to sections and Schedules are to sections of and Schedules to that Act.

Amendments of Social Security Pensions Act 1975

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(1A) Regulations may— (a) provide for subsection (1) above to have effect, in cases specified in the regulations, with the omission of paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection or either of those paragraphs or with the substitution for those paragraphs or either of them of provisions so specified ; and (b) make such amendments to section 22(9)(a) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (which refers to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) above) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in consequence of regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection.

and in subsection (10) of section 22 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (which provides for the cancellation of a certificate issued under subsection (9) of that section if the Secretary of State considers that it was issued in consequence of a mistake and provides for the payment of a premium in pursuance of the said section 44(2) on the cancellation of such a certificate) after the word " considers" there shall be inserted the word " (a) " and after the word " mistake " there shall be inserted the words

; or (b) that the person upon whom an obligation to pay benefits in respect of an employment is imposed by the policy of insurance or annuity contract to which such a certificate relates is likely to fail to discharge the obligation,

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(6) In determining the amount of any state scheme premium payable under this section 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, 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.

(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;

(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 subparagraph 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.

Miscellaneous amendments

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In this subsection " modifications" includes additions, omissions and amendments.

Maternity grant

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the following provisions of the principal Act shall have effect in relation to the confinement or claim with the following amendments, namely—

Amendments of enactments relating to supplementary benefit and family income supplement

Amendments of Supplementary Benefits Act 1976

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(3) In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a person (in this subsection referred to as " the provider ") has to provide for, or for the requirements of, another person to or in respect of whom any payments are made otherwise than by the provider, the other person shall not by reason only of the payments or the amount of them be treated as a person who is, or whose requirements are, provided for otherwise than by the provider.

Amendments of Family Income Supplements Act 1970

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(a) a man or woman engaged and normally engaged in remunerative full-time work; and (b) if the person mentioned in the preceding paragraph is one of a married or unmarried couple, the other member of the couple ; and

(1A) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to appoint persons to perform the functions conferred by this Act on supplement officers.

(bb) for determining the circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household;

(3) Regulations may also provide— (a) for specified questions to be referred to the Appeal Tribunal or other bodies or persons exercising functions under the Social Security Act 1975, the Child Benefit Act 1975. or the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976. and for the application of provisions of this Act or any of those Acts, with or without modifications, to the questions and to decisions given in consequence of references in pursuance of the regulations; (b) for such decisions, and any other specified decisions given in pursuance of any of those Acts, to be effective or conclusive for specified purposes of this Act; and (c) for dealing, by postponement or otherwise, with cases in which questions are referred by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection ; and section 6(1) of this Act shall have effect subject to any regulations made in pursuance of this subsection. (3A) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 166 of the Social Security Act 1975 (which among other things make provision about the extent of powers to make regulations) shall apply to powers to make regulations conferred by this Act as they apply to powers to make regulations conferred by that Act but as if for references to that Act there were substituted references to this Act.

  • "married couple" means a man and a woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;
  • " supplement officer " means a person appointed in pursuance of section 1(1 A) of this Act;
  • " unmarried couple " means a man and a woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife ;

and the definition of " single woman " shall be omitted.

Provisions supplementary to ss. 6 and 7

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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.

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.

Advisory Committees

The Social Security Advisory Committee

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and the National Insurance Advisory Committee is hereby abolished.

The power to make regulations conferred by this subsection 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.

but in the preceding provisions of this subsection references to the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1979 and to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975 to 1979 shall be construed as excluding those Acts as they apply to industrial injuries benefit within the meaning respectively of the principal Act and of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and as excluding respectively Parts III and IV of the Pensions Act and Parts IV and V of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975.

Consultation with Committee on proposals for regulations

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the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Department shall refer the proposals, in the form of draft regulations or otherwise, to the Committee.

Exclusion of requirements to consult Advisory Committees

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Commissioners

Change of title of National Insurance Commissioners

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

Tenure of office of Commissioner

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Appeal from Commissioners etc on point of law

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and regulations may make provision with respect to the manner in which and the time within which applications must be made to a Commissioner for leave under this section and with respect to the procedure for dealing with such applications.

except that if it appears to him, having regard to the circumstances of the case and in particular to the convenience of the persons who may be parties to the proposed appeal, that he should specify a different court mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection as the appropriate court it shall be his duty to specify the different court as the appropriate court.

and any statutory instrument made by virtue of this subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and any statutory rule so made shall be subject to negative resolution as defined by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if it were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.

Leave required for appeal from local tribunal to Commissioner

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and regulations may make provision with respect to the manner in which and the time within which applications must be made for leave under this subsection and with respect to the procedure for dealing with such applications.

Miscellaneous

Amendments of Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943

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(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.

(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; and

and 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)(6) ".

Proof of decisions of statutory authorities

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shall be conclusive evidence of the decision; and a certificate purporting to be signed as aforesaid shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.

Computation of age in Scotland

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the time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years shall be the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.

General

Expenses

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Consequential and minor amendments of enactments

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Supplemental

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SCHEDULE 1

PART I — Amendments relating to similar treatment for men and women

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In sections 44(3)(a) and 47((1)(a)) (which provide for increases of specified amounts in a woman's unemployment or sickness benefit, maternity allowance or invalidity pension to be made for periods during which, among other things, her husband is incapable of self-support) for the words "incapable of self-support" there shall be substituted the words " not engaged in any one or more employments from which his weekly earnings exceed the amount so specified ".

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Paragraph (b) of section 44(3), paragraph (&) of section 47(1) and paragraph (c) of section 66(1) (by virtue of which certain benefits are increased for any period during which the beneficiary has living with him and is maintaining such a relative as is there mentioned) shall cease to have effect; but a person who, immediately before the date when this paragraph comes into force, was entitled to an increase by virtue of any of those paragraphs, shall continue to be entitled to it for any period not exceeding two years beginning with that date, during which, if the paragraph in question and any regulations having effect by virtue of the paragraph immediately before that date were still in force, he would have been, and would not have ceased to be, entitled to the increase by virtue of that paragraph.

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Sections 44(3)(c), 46(2) and 66(1)(d) (which relate to increases of benefit by reference to a female person, not a child, who has the care of a child or children in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit) shall be amended by substituting for the words " female person (not a child) " —

and in sections 46(4) and 66(6)(b) (which refer to the female person mentioned in sections 46(2) and 66(1)(d) respectively) for the words from "female person" to "residing" there shall be substituted the words " person there referred to is a female residing ".

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(47A) Where a person is entitled to unemployment or sickness benefit by virtue of section 14(2)(6) or (c) or to an invalidity pension by virtue of section 15(2) of this Act and would have been entitled only by virtue of section 33 to the retirement pension by reference to which the rate of the said benefit or invalidity pension is determined, the amount of any increase of the said benefit or invalidity pension attributable to sections 44 to 47 of this Act shall not be determined in accordance with those sections but shall be determined in accordance with regulations.

in section 44(2) for the words " Subject to the following subsections " there shall be substituted the words " Subject to subsection (4) below and section 47A " and in section 47(1) for the words " Subject to subsection (2) below " there shall be substituted the words " Subject to section 47A ".

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In section 66(1)(a) (which provides for increases of injury benefit and in certain cases of disablement pension for periods during which the pensioner's wife is residing with him or he is contributing to the maintenance of his wife at a specified rate), for the word " wife " in both places there shall be substituted the word " spouse ".

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In Schedule 20 (which contains a glossary of expressions) the entry relating to the expression " Incapable of self-support" (including both paragraphs in the second column of the entry) shall be omitted, and after the entry relating to the expression " Pensionable age " there shall be inserted the following—

Permanently incapable of self-support" A person is " permanently incapable of self-support " if (but only if) he is incapable of supporting himself by reason of physical or mental infirmity and is likely to remain so incapable for the remainder of his life.

PART II — Other amendments

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After subsection (4) of section 35 (which among other things provides that an attendance allowance shall not be payable to a person for any period preceding the date on which he makes a claim for it) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(4A) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding subsection, provision may be made by regulations for an attendance allowance to be paid to a person for a period preceding the date on which he makes a claim for it if such an allowance has previously been paid to or in respect of him.

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In section 96(2) (which among other things prevents the Secretary of State from reviewing a decision of his on a question within section 93(1) or section 95(1)(6) or (c) while an appeal is pending on a question of law arising in connection with the decision and provides for an appeal on a question of law raised with a view to a review of such a decision)—

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In subsection (4) of section 100 (which provides that an appeal to a local tribunal from a decision of an insurance officer must be brought within 21 days after the date of the decision or within a further time allowed by the chairman of the tribunal) for the words " 21 days after the date of the decision " there shall be substituted the words " 28 days beginning with the date when the Secretary of State gives to the claimant notice in writing of the decision " ; and in subsection (5) of section 101 (which provides that an appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of a local tribunal must be brought within 3 months from the date of the decision or a further period allowed by the Commissioner) for the words " from the date of the decision of the local tribunal or " there shall be substituted the words " beginning with the date when the proper officer of the local tribunal gives to the claimant notice in writing of the decision or within ".

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In section 111 (which among other things provides that an assessment of a single medical practitioner under that section must be by reference to a period not exceeding 6 months and that regulations may make provision with respect to cases in which the practitioner considers that a final assessment can be made by reference to a longer period) for the words " 6 months " in subsections (1) and (3) there shall be substituted the words " 12 months ".

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For paragraph (cc) of subsection (4) of section 119 (which as amended by the Social Security Act 1979 provides that regulations may modify subsections (1) to (2A) of that section in relation to payments in respect of a person which are paid to another person on his behalf) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(cc) modifying those subsections in relation to sums by way of benefit which are paid to another person on behalf of the beneficiary;.

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In subsection (6) of section 122 (which provides that no order shall be made under that section so as to increase the percentage rate for Class 1 or Class 4 contributions to a percentage more than 025 per cent, higher than that specified in section 4(6) or, as the case may be, section 9(2) as for the time being amended by any other Act and, in the case of section 4(6), by an order under section 1(6) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977), for the words from " so " onwards there shall be substituted the words " so as—

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Section 158 and Schedule 19 (which relate to schemes promoted by representatives of earners and their employers for supplementing certain rights to benefit in respect of industrial injuries and diseases which are conferred on the earners by the principal Act) shall cease to have effect.

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In section 167(3) (which among other things applies the negative resolution procedure to orders under the principal Act except an order under section 17(3), 30(6), 120 or 122 or an up-rating order) for the words " or 122 " there shall be substituted the words 122 or 126A ".

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In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (which among other things provides for earnings from different employments to be aggregated for the purpose of calculating the amount of any Class 1 contributions in respect of the earnings), after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(1A) Where earnings in respect of employments which include any contracted-out employment and any employment which is not a contracted-out employment are aggregated under subparagraph (1) above and the aggregated earnings are not less than the current lower earnings limit, then, except as may be provided by regulations, the amount of the Class 1 contribution in respect of the aggregated earnings shall be the aggregate of the amounts obtained— (a) by applying the rates of Class 1 contributions applicable to contracted-out employments— (i) to the part of the aggregated earnings attributable to any contracted-out employments, or (ii) if that part exceeds the current upper earnings limit, to so much of that part as does not exceed that limit; and (b) if that part is less than that limit, by applying the rates of Class 1 contributions applicable to employments which are not contracted-out employments to so much of the remainder of the aggregated earnings as, when added to the part aforesaid, does not exceed that limit ; and in relation to earners paid otherwise than weekly any reference in the preceding provisions of this sub-paragraph to the lower or upper earnings limit shall be construed as a reference to the prescribed equivalent of that limit.

SCHEDULE 2

PART I — The amendments

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In section 1—

(a) a supplementary pension if he is one of a married or unmarried couple of whom one is or both are over the age of 65 or if he is not one of such a couple and has attained pensionable age ; and (b) a supplementary allowance in any other case;

(1A) Regulations may provide for a person's entitlement under subsection (1) above to continue during prescribed periods of the person's temporary absence from Great Britain.;

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In section 2—

(1A) Regulations may provide for prescribed questions to be determined otherwise than by benefit officers and, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this subsection.— (a) for prescribed questions to be referred to bodies or persons exercising functions under the Social Security Act 1975 and for the application of provisions of that Act, with or without modifications, to the questions and to decisions given in consequence of references in pursuance of the regulations ; (b) for such decisions, and any other prescribed decisions given in pursuance of that Act, to be effective or conclusive for prescribed purposes of this Act; and (c) for dealing, by postponement or otherwise, with cases in which questions are referred by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection. ;

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In section 3—

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For section 4 there shall be substituted the following section—

(4) (1) In urgent cases supplementary benefit shall be payable in accordance with this Act as modified by virtue of this section ; and regulations may— (a) prescribe the cases which are urgent cases for the purposes of this section ; (b) provide that in relation to such cases any of the provisions of sections 3, 5 to 8 and 10 of this Act and Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with prescribed modifications. (2) Any sums paid to a person by virtue of the preceding subsection, except a sum as to which it has been determined in accordance with regulations that it is not to be recovered in pursuance of this subsection, shall be recoverable from him by the Secretary of State by making deductions from prescribed benefits or in any other manner.

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In section 5 for the words " The Commission may determine that" there shall be substituted the words " Except in prescribed cases, " and for the words from " by regulations" onwards there shall be substituted the words

and is available for employment; and regulations may make provision as to— (a) what is and is not to be treated as employment for the purposes of this section ; and (b) the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for those purposes as available for employment".

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For sections 6 and 7 there shall be substituted the following section—

(6) (1) A person who is engaged in remunerative full-time work shall not be entitled to supplementary benefit; and regulations may make provision as to the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of this subsection as so engaged. (2) A person who has not attained the age of 19 and is receiving relevant education shall not be entitled to supplementary benefit except in prescribed circumstances. (3) Regulations may make provision as to the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of the preceding subsection as receiving relevant education; and in this section " relevant education" means full-time education by attendance at an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State as being, or as comparable to, a college or school.

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In section 8—

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In section 9—

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For section 10 there shall be substituted the following section—

(10) (1) Where— (a) a person is registered for employment in pursuance of section 5 of this Act and is not receiving unemployment benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 ; and (b) it appears to a benefit officer that the person refuses or neglects to maintain himself or any other person whom for the purposes of this Act he is liable to maintain, the officer may give him in the prescribed manner a direction in writing requiring him to attend a course of instruction or training which is approved or provided by the Secretary of State and is specified in the direction. (2) A person to whom such a direction is given may, in accordance with rules made by the Secretary of State, appeal against the direction to the Appeal Tribunal; and on an appeal in pursuance of this subsection the tribunal shall either confirm or cancel the direction. (3) A direction under subsection (1) of this section shall not come into force— (a) until the expiration of the period within which, without any extension of time, an appeal against it may be brought in pursuance of the preceding subsection; and (b) if during that period such an appeal is brought, until the appeal is withdrawn or the direction is confirmed by the tribunal. (4) A person in respect of whom a direction under subsection (1) of this section is in force shall not be entitled to a supplementary allowance while he fails to comply with the direction. (5) Regulations may make provision with respect to the consequences of the cancellation of a direction which has come into force.

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In section 11, for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(1) Regulations may make provision— (a) for the requirements of any person to be met in pre scribed circumstances by the provision of goods or services instead of by making the whole or part of any payment to which he would otherwise be entitled under this Act; (b) for any provision of this Act or regulations under it to be disregarded in connection with the provision of goods or services by virtue of the preceding paragraph ; (c) as to the manner of providing goods and services to be provided by virtue of that paragraph. ;

and accordingly subsection (3) of that section shall be subsection (2) of that section.

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In section 12—

(1) Where a prescribed payment which apart from this subsection falls to be made from public funds in the United Kingdom or under the law of any other member State is not made on or before the date which is the prescribed date in relation to the payment ,'then— (a) in the case of a payment from such public funds, the authority responsible for making it may abate it by the relevant amount; and (b) in the case of any other payment, the Secretary of State shall be entitled to receive the relevant amount out of the payment; and in this subsection "the relevant amount", in relation to a payment, means the amount which a benefit officer determines has been paid by way of supplementary benefit and would not have been paid if the payment had been made on the date aforesaid. (1A) Where— (a) a payment by way of prescribed income is made after the date which is the prescribed date in relation to the payment; and (b) a benefit officer determines that an amount which has been paid by way of supplementary benefit would not have been paid if the said payment had been made on the date aforesaid, the Secretary of State shall be entitled to recover that amount from the person to whom it was paid. ;

(4) Where a benefit officer makes— (a) a determination in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this section in respect of an amount of supplementary benefit; or (b) a determination altering on review or refusing to review a determination in respect of such an amount which has been made for the purposes of this section by a benefit officer or on appeal, the relevant person may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal against the determination; and subsection (3) of section 15 of this Act shall apply to an appeal under this subsection as it applies to an appeal under that section. (5) In the preceding subsection " the relevant person " means the person who is entitled, apart from subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section, to the prescribed payment or the prescribed benefit or the rebate or allowance in question or, as the case may be, to whom the amount mentioned in subsection (1A) of this section was paid.

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(b) for enabling a person to be appointed to exercise, on behalf of a claimant who may be or become unable to act in relation to his claim, any power in relation to it which the claimant is entitled to exercise ;

(f) as to the day on which entitlement to a supplementary pension or allowance is to begin or end or the amount of a supplementary pension or allowance is to change; (g) as to the time and manner of paying supplementary benefit and the information and evidence to be furnished in connection with payments of it; (h) for withholding payments of a supplementary pension or allowance in prescribed circumstances and fox subsequently making withheld payments in prescribed circumstances ; (f) as to the circumstances and manner in which payments of supplementary benefit may be made to another person on behalf of the beneficiary for any purpose (which may be to discharge, in whole or in part, an obligation of the beneficiary or any other person): (j) for the payment or distribution of supplementary benefit to or among persons claiming to be entitled to it on the death of any person and for dispensing with strict proof of their title ; (k) for the payment of travelling expenses in connection with claims for supplementary benefit.

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In section 15—

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In section 15A the words " National Insurance " in both places and the words from "and includes" onwards in subsection (5) shall be omitted.

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Section 16 shall be amended as follows—

(2) In the application of the preceding subsection to Scotland— (a) the reference to assignment of supplementary benefit shall be read as a reference to its assignation, " assign " being construed accordingly ; and (b) the reference to the bankruptcy of a person entitled to supplementary benefit shall be read as a reference to the sequestration of his estate or the appointment on his estate of a judicial factor under section 14 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 or section 15 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1958.

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In section 17—

; and (c) a person shall be liable to maintain another person throughout any period in respect of which the first-mentioned person has, on or after the date of the passing of the Social Security Act 1980 and either alone or jointly with a further person, given an undertaking in writing in pursuance of immigration rules within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 to be responsible for the maintenance and accommodation of the other person

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(3) A document bearing a certificate which— (a) is signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State ; and (b) states that the document apart from the certificate is, or is a copy of, such an undertaking as is mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of this section, shall be conclusive evidence for the purposes of this Act of the undertaking in question ; and a certificate purporting to be signed as aforesaid shall be deemed to be so signed until the contrary is proved.

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In section 18—

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In section 19—

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In section 20—

(3) A person from whom, in pursuance of a determination of a benefit officer under the preceding subsection, an amount is recoverable under this section may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal against the determination ; and subsection (3) of section 15 of this Act shall apply to an appeal under this subsection as it applies to an appeal under that section.;

(5) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall apply to any question as to whether any amount or what amount is recoverable by the Secretary of State under section 45 of the National Assistance Act 1948 or section 26 of the Supplementary Benefit Act 1966 (which contain provisions corresponding to subsection (1) of this section) and subsection (4) of this section shall apply to an amount recoverable under either of those sections— (a) as if for any reference in those subsections to this section there were substituted references to the said section 45 or 26, as the case may be ; and (b) as respects a question relating to recovery under the said section 45 and an amount recoverable under that section, as if the words " paid by way of supplementary benefit" in subsections (2) and (4) of this section were omitted.

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In section 21 before the word " liable " there shall be inserted the words " guilty of an offence and ".

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In section 22 the words " or the Commission" shall be omitted and before the word " liable " there shall be inserted the words " guilty of an offence and ".

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In section 24—

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In section 25(1), paragraph (b) and the word "or" at the end of paragraph (a) shall be omitted and before the words " liable on " there shall be inserted the words " guilty of an offence and ".

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In section 27—

(2) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to appoint persons to perform the functions conferred by virtue of this Act on benefit officers.

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In section 30—

(1) The provisions of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect with respect to re-establishment courses and resettlement units.;

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In section 31—

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After section 32 there shall be inserted the following section—

(32A) Regulations may provide for any provision of this Act except this section to have effect with prescribed modifications— (a) in cases involving a marriage celebrated under a law which permits polygamy or a marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is at any time married to more than one person ; (b) in cases where the Secretary of State considers that without the modifications the provision in question would give rise to an anomaly or an injustice or would produce impractical consequences.

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In section 33—

(2) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 166 of the Social Security Act 1975 (which among other things make provision about the extent of powers to make regulations) shall apply to powers to make regulations conferred by this Act as they apply to powers to make regulations conferred by that Act but as if for references to that Act there were substituted references to this Act. (3) Regulations of the following kinds, namely— (a) regulations of which the effect is to increase an amount which is specified in regulations made in pursuance of section 3 of this Act or which, by virtue of regulations made in pursuance of paragraph (b) of section 4(1) of this Act, is specified in a provision mentioned in that paragraph ; (b) regulations made in pursuance of section 32A(b) of this Act except regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating regulations which they revoke ; (c) regulations made in pursuance of paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act except regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating regulations which they revoke, shall not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House and, in the case of regulations falling within paragraph (a) or (c) of this subsection, shall not be made without the consent of the Treasury. (4) A statutory instrument containing regulations of which a draft is not required by the preceding subsection to be approved as there mentioned or containing rules made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (5) Without prejudice to the generality of any power conferred by this Act to make regulations, regulations may provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.

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In section 34—

  • " benefit officer" means a person appointed in pursuance of section 27(2) of this Act;
  • " married couple " means a man and a woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household ;
  • " modifications" includes additions, omissions and amendments, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly ;
  • " prescribed" means specified in or determined in accordance with regulations ;
  • " regulations " means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act;
  • " unmarried couple " means a man and a woman who / are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife otherwise than in prescribed circumstances ;

(3) Regulations may make provision as to the circumstances in which a person is to be treated for the purposes of any specified provision of this Act— (a) as being or not being a member of the same household as another person ; (b) as responsible for another person

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For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following Schedule—

SCHEDULE 1 (1) (1) The amount of any supplementary benefit to which a person is entitled shall, subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, be the amount by which his resources fall short of his requirements. (2) For the purpose of ascertaining that amount— (a) a person's requirements shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Schedule ; and (b) a person's resources shall be calculated in the prescribed manner ; and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph, regulations in pursuance of that paragraph may provide for a person to be treated as possessing resources which he does not possess and for disregarding resources which a person does possess. (3) Regulations may provide that a person whose resources as ascertained in pursuance of paragraph (b) of the preceding sub-paragraph or a prescribed part of them exceed or exceeds a prescribed amount shall not be entitled to a supplementary pension or allowance. (2) (1) For the purposes of this Schedule requirements shall be of three categories, namely, normal requirements, additional requirements and housing requirements ; and the items to which each category relates and, subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph, the weekly amounts for those categories shall be such as may be prescribed. (2) A person's requirements shall consist of normal requirements together with requirements, if any, of such of the other categories as are applicable in his case. (3) In the case of a person specified in the first column of the following table his normal requirements shall be taken to be the weekly amount specified in relation to him in the second column of that table ; and in that table— - "householder" means a person who is not one of a married or unmarried couple but who satisfies prescribed conditions with respect to living accommodation ; and - "relevant person" means a person whose requirements include those of another person by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

Person Weekly amount
1. A relevant person who— is such a person as is mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of this Act; or is not such a person as is so mentioned but satisfies prescribed conditions. The aggregate of the sums for the time being specified in section 6(1)(a) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and column (3) of paragraph 6 of Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1975 (which specify the amounts of the basic component of a Category A retirement pension and the increase of the pension for an adult dependant).
2. A relevant person not falling within paragraph 1 of this table. The aggregate of the sums for the time being specified in paragraph 1 of Part I of the said Schedule 4 and column (3) of paragraph 1(a) of the said Part IV (which specify the amounts of unemployment or sickness benefit and the increase of it for an adult dependant of a beneficiary under pensionable age).
3. A householder who— has attained pensionable age; or has not attained pensionable age but satisfies prescribed conditions. The sum for the time being specified in the said section 6(1)(a).
4. A householder not falling within paragraph 3 of this table. The sum for the time being specified in paragraph 1 of the said Part I. 
(4) Regulations may provide that the preceding subparagraph shall have effect with prescribed modifications.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this paragraph, regulations may provide for a person to be treated as having no normal requirements in prescribed cases.

(3) (1) Where two persons are a married or unmarried couple, their requirements and resources shall be aggregated and treated— (a) until the prescribed date, as those of the man ; and (b) on and after that date, as those of such one of them as satisfies prescribed conditions or, where both of them satisfy or neither of them satisfies those conditions, as those of such one of them as they may jointly nominate in accordance with regulations or, in default of such a nomination, as the Secretary of State may determine. (2) Where a person is responsible for, and is a member of the same household as, another person and they are not a married or unmarried couple, then— (a) if the other person is a child or is excluded from entitlement to supplementary benefit by section 6(2) of this Act; or (b) if the circumstances are such as are prescribed, their requirements and resources shall be aggregated and treated as those of the first-mentioned person. (3) Regulations may provide that, in a case falling within the preceding sub-paragraph, sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall apply in relation to the other person with prescribed modifications. (4) Where the amount of any supplementary benefit would be less than a prescribed amount, the benefit shall not be payable except in prescribed circumstances.

31

In Schedule 5—

32

PART II — Provisions of the Act as amended

SCHEDULE 3

PART I — Constitution etc of Committee

1

The Committee shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and not less than 8 nor more than 11 other members so appointed.

2

Subject to paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the chairman and other members of the Committee shall hold office for such period of not more than 5 nor less than 3 years as the Secretary of State may determine ; but any member—

3

and the Committee shall include at least one person with experience of work among, and of the needs of, the chronically sick and disabled.

4

The Secretary of State may remove a member of the Committee on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

5

The Secretary of State shall appoint a secretary to the Committee and may appoint such other officers and such servants to the Committee, and there shall be paid to them by the Secretary of State such salaries and allowances, as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

6

The expenses of the Committee to such an amount as may be approved by the Minister for the Civil Service shall be paid by the Secretary of State.

7

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

as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

8
9

The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy among the members.

10

The Committee may make rules for regulating its procedure (including the quorum of the Committee).

PART II — Regulations not requiring prior submission to Committee

Family Income Supplement

11

Regulations under section 2(1) or 3(1) of the Family Income Supplements Act 1970 or the Family Income Supplements Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (under which amounts may be prescribed for the purposes of determining the amount of family income supplement payable to any person).

Social Security

12

Social Security Pensions

13

Child Benefit

14

Supplementary Benefits

15

Regulations of which the effect is to increase any amount which is—

and corresponding regulations applying to Northern Ireland.

National Insurance Surcharge

16

Regulations contained in a statutory instrument or rule which states that it contains only provisions in consequence of the National Insurance Surcharge Act 1976 or of that Act and either an order under section 120 or 122 of the principal Act or an order under section 120 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.

Miscellaneous

17

Regulations made within a period of six months beginning with the date of the passing of this Act under the Family Income Supplements Act 1970, the Family Income Supplements Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, the Child Benefit Act 1975, the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975, the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 or the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.

18

Regulations not falling within paragraph 17 of this Schedule which are made during the period of six months beginning with the passing of this Act and contained in a statutory instrument or rule which states that it contains only regulations to make provision consequential on the passing of this Act.

19

Regulations in so far as they consist only of procedural rules for a tribunal in respect of which consultation with the Council on Tribunals is required by section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971.

20

Regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating other regulations revoked thereby.

21

Regulations making in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in regulations made by the Secretary of State in relation to Great Britain.

SCHEDULE 4

Polish Resettlement Act 1947

1

(3) References in sections 4 to 7 of this Act to persons of any description for whom the Secretary of State has power to provide accommodation under section 3 of this Act shall include references to persons in Northern Ireland of any description for whom he would have power so to provide if those persons were in Great Britain.

The National Assistance Act 1948

2

The Maintenance Orders Act 1950

3

In section 8(1) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (which relates to jurisdiction in certain actions of affiliation and aliment in Scotland) for the words from " or at the instance " to " local authority " there shall be substituted the words " or at the instance of the Secretary of State or of a local authority ".

The Legal Aid {Scotland) Act 1967

4

The Social Work {Scotland) Act 1968

5

The Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

6

In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (which lists the functions of a local authority assigned to its Social Services Committee), in column 2 of the entry relating to Schedule 5 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976, for the words " reception centres " there shall be substituted the words " resettlement units ".

The Housing {Financial Provisions) {Scotland) Act 1972

7

In section 16A(4) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (which relates to a housing authority and the Supplementary Benefits Commission providing each other with information for purposes connected with supplementary benefits), for the words " Supplementary Benefits Commission " in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words " Secretary of State " and for the words " the Commission" there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State ".

The Employment and Training Act 1973

8

In section 12(2)(b) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (which refers to the Supplementary Benefits Commission), for the words "the Supplementary Benefits Commission" there shall be substituted the words " a benefit officer within the meaning of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 " and for the words " latter Commission " there shall be substituted the word " officer ".

The Legal Aid Act 1974

9

for the words " the Commission " there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State " and before the word " report" there shall be inserted the words " arrange for the officer to ".

The Child Benefit Act 1975

10

In section 21(6) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (which refers to sections 139(1) and 141(2) of the principal Act) for the words from the beginning to " that Act" there shall be substituted the words " Section 141(2) of the Social Security Act 1975 ".

The Sex Discrimination Act 1975

11

In section 35(1)(a) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (which refers to a reception centre provided by the Supplementary Benefits Commission) for the words " reception centre provided by the Supplementary Benefits Commission " there shall be substituted the words " resettlement unit provided under Schedule 5 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 ".

The Social Security {Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

12

In subsection (13) of section 22 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (which refers to section 44(6) of the Pensions Act as amended by a subsection repealed by this Act) for the words " the said section 44(6) as amended by the preceding subsection" there shall be substituted the words " section 44(6) of the Pensions Act ".

The Employment Protection {Consolidation) Act 1978

13

(b) no sum shall be recoverable under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976, and no abatement, payment or reduction shall be made under section 12(1), (2) or (3) of that Act, by reference to the supplementary benefit recouped.

The Pensioners' Payments and Social Security Act 1979

14

In section 2(7) of the Pensioners' Payments and Social Security Act 1979 (under which an unmarried couple are to be treated as spouses for the purposes of section 1 of that Act if among other things the man is entitled to a supplementary pension) for the words " the man " there shall be substituted the words " one of them ".

SCHEDULE 5

PART I — Enactments and instruments repealed on passing of Act

PART II — Enactments repealed on appointed day

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

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

Part I — The amendments

1–20

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

21

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

22–30

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

Part II — Provisions of the Act as amended

SCHEDULE 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 5

Editorial notes

[^c737432]: Words of enactment omitted under Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

[^c737433]: Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 21(5)

[^c737434]: S. 1 repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737435]: Ss. 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)

[^c737445]: Ss. 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)

[^c737446]: S. 3(4)(7)-(10)(12) repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 188, Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

[^c737447]: S. 3(5) repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), s. 24, Sch. 8, Pt. II

[^c737448]: S. 3(6) repealed by Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), Sch. 6

[^c737455]: The 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.

[^c737456]: 1973 c. 38

[^c737457]: Ss. 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)

[^c737458]: S. 4(4) repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737460]: Ss. 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)

[^c737461]: S. 5(2)–(4) repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), s. 38(1)(2)(b), Sch. 11

[^c737462]: The 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.

[^c737463]: 1976 c. 71.

[^c737464]: Ss. 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)

[^c737467]: S. 7 repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737468]: Words repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737469]: Ss. 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)

[^c737470]: S. 9(3)(4), 10(9) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1 and by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), both on consolidation

[^c737472]: The 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.

[^c737473]: 1975 c. 24

[^c737474]: 1975 c. 25

[^c737476]: Ss. 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)

[^c737477]: S. 10(6) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1 (consolidation)

[^c737478]: S. 10(7) repealed by S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18), Sch. 10

[^c737479]: S. 10(8) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1 (consolidation)

[^c737480]: S. 9(3)(4), 10(9) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1 and by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), both on consolidation

[^c737481]: Ss. 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)

[^c737482]: Ss. 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)

[^c737483]: S. 13(4) repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Sch. 20

[^c737485]: S. 13(7) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1 (consolidation)

[^c737486]: Ss. 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)

[^c737487]: S. 15 repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737488]: 1943 c. 39.

[^c737489]: The 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.

[^c737493]: Ss. 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)

[^c737494]: Ss. 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)

[^c737495]: S. 20(3) repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737496]: 1975 c. 14.

[^c737497]: 1975 c. 60.

[^c737498]: Words substituted by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Sch. 2, para. 59

[^c737499]: The 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.

[^c737500]: Power exercised by S.I. 1980/729, 1981/1438, 1983/1002, 1984/1492

[^c737501]: 1947 c. 19.

[^c737502]: 1950 c. 37.

[^c737503]: 1943 c. 39.

[^c737504]: Ss. 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)

[^c737505]: 1976 c. 71

[^c737506]: Sch. 2 Pt. I, paras. 1–20, 22–30 repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737507]: Ss. 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)

[^c737508]: Sch. 2 Pt. I, paras. 1–20, 22–30 repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

[^c737509]: The text of Sch. 2 para. 31 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

[^c737510]: Sch. 2 para. 31(b)(c)(h) repealed by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Sch. 7

[^c737512]: The 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.

[^c737513]: The 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.

[^c737514]: 1974 c. 7

[^c737515]: 1973 c. 65

[^c737516]: 1972 c. 47

[^c737517]: 1972 c. 46

[^c737518]: 1975 c. 14

[^c737519]: 1957 c. 55

[^c737520]: 1882 c. 42.

[^c737521]: 1948 c. 29.

[^c737522]: 1966 c. 20.

[^c737523]: 1975 c. 21.

[^c737524]: 1975 c. 14.

[^c737525]: 1975 c. 14.

[^c737526]: Ss. 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)

[^c737528]: 1947 c. 19.

[^c737529]: 1948 c. 29.

[^c737530]: Sch. 4 para. 2(3) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 5(1)(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6 and 16)

[^c737531]: 1950 c. 37.

[^c737532]: 1967 c. 43.

[^c737533]: 1968 c. 49.

[^c737534]: 1970 c. 42.

[^c737535]: 1972 c. 46.

[^c737536]: 1973 c. 50.

[^c737537]: 1974 c. 4.

[^c737538]: Ss. 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)

[^c737539]: 1975 c. 65.

[^c737540]: 1977 c. 5.

[^c737541]: 1978 c. 44.

[^c737542]: Sch. 4 para. 13 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)

[^c737543]: Ss. 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)

[^c737544]: The 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.

[^key-2517e6518378c548b5710b655ba58277]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 7