Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

Meaning of “the consolidating Acts”

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In this Act—

• “the consolidating Acts” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”), the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”) and, so far as it reproduces the effect of the repealed enactments, this Act; and

• “the repealed enactments” means the enactments repealed by this Act.

Continuity of the law

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• (1) The substitution of the consolidating Acts for the repealed enactments does not affect the continuity of the law.

• (2) Anything done or having effect as if done under or for the purposes of a provision of the repealed enactments has effect, if it could have been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of the consolidating Acts, as if done under or for the purposes of that provision.

• (3) Any reference, whether express or implied, in the consolidating Acts or any other enactment, instrument or document to a provision of the consolidating Acts shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as including, in relation to the times, circumstances and purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision of the repealed enactments has effect, a reference to that corresponding provision.

• (4) Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document to a provision of the repealed enactments shall be construed, so far as is required for continuing its effect, as including a reference to the corresponding provision of the consolidating Acts.

Repeals

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• (1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule (being repeals consequential on the consolidating Acts).

• (2) The repeals have effect subject to any relevant savings in Schedule 3 to this Act.

Consequential amendments

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The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (being amendments consequential on the consolidating Acts).

Transitional provisions and savings

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• (1) The transitional provisions and savings in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect.

• (2) Nothing in that Schedule affects the general operation of section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (general savings implied on repeal) or of the previous provisions of this Act.

Transitory modifications

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The transitory modifications in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect.

Short title, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

• (2) This Act shall come into force on 1st July 1992, immediately after the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 .

• (3) Except as provided by subsections (4) to (6) below, this Act extends to Northern Ireland only.

• (4) Section 2 above and this section extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

• (5) Where any enactment repealed or amended by this Act extends to any part of the United Kingdom, the repeal or amendment extends to that part.

• (6) Section 4 above extends to the Isle of Man so far as it relates to paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to this Act.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 (c. 23 (N.I.))

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Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (c. 29 (N.I.))

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• (1) In section 5(3) of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 for the words “paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

• (2) In section 5(4) of that Act for the words “the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 20 (N.I.))

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• (1) In sections 3, 16 and 20 of the Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 for the words “National Insurance” there shall be substituted the words “ Social Security”.

• (2) In section 22(1) of that Act for the definition of “National Insurance Commissioner” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• “Social Security Commissioner” means a Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 50(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

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Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 29 (N.I.))

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Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 19 (N.I.))

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Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 35 (N.I.))

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In section 10(2)(e) of the Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 for the words “Article 25 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” there shall be substituted the words “ section 101 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34 (N.I.))

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In section 20(2)(a) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 for the words “the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” there shall be substituted the words “ Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Social Services (Parity) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 21 (N.I.))

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• (1) In section 2 of the Social Services (Parity) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 for the words “section 129(5) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 145(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

• (2) In Schedule 1 to that Act for the entries relating to the Social Security Act 1975 and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 there shall be substituted the following entries—

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. The Social Security Administration Act 1992.

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Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972 No. 1265 (N.I. 14))

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In Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 for the definition of “trade dispute” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• “trade dispute” has the same meaning as in section 27 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

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Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c. 15)

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• (1) In Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 at the end of paragraph 5 there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(3) This paragraph and paragraphs 6, 7 and 7A shall have effect as if contained in the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

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• (2) In paragraph 6(1) of that Schedule for head (a) there shall be substituted the following head—

(a) if he retires pursuant to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

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Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18)

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In section 2(3)(b) of the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 for the words “sections 155 and 156(4) to (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ sections 165 and 166(4), (6) and (11) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

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In Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975—

• (a) in Part I, for the entry beginning “Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted the following entry— “ Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (not including a deputy Commissioner).”;

• (b) in Part III, in the entry beginning “Adjudicating medical practitioner” for the words “Part III of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ Part II of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”;

• (c) in Part III, in the entry beginning “Member of a Medical Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland” for the words “paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 12 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 48(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”;

• (d) in Part III, for the entry beginning “Member of the panel of chairmen for Social Security Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted the following entry— “ Member of the panel of chairmen for Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland appointed under section 49(1)(c) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.”.

Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

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In Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975—

• (a) in Part I, for the entry “Chief or other National Insurance Commissioner for Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted the following entry— “ Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (not including a deputy Commissioner)”;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) in Part II, the entry beginning “A Medical Board” shall cease to have effect;

• (d) in Part III, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, there shall be inserted the following entry— “ Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner appointed under or by virtue of Part II of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”;

• (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975 No. 1503 (N.I. 15))

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• (1) The Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In Article 2(2)—

• (a) the following definition shall be inserted before the definition of “average salary benefits” — “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”; and

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (19) In Article 69(1) for the words “Article 64 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” there shall be substituted the words “ section 132 of the Administration Act”.

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• (21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 1041 (N.I. 14))

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In Schedule 1 to the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 for the entry relating to the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 there shall be substituted the following entries—

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

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Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 1043 (N.I. 16))

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Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977 No. 610 (N.I. 11))

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• (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In Article 19 of that Order for paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(1) Section 165(4), (5) and (10) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall have effect as if references to that Act included references to this Order. (2) A power under any of sections 116 to 119 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 or sections 153 to 155 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 to make provision by regulations or order for modifications or adaptations of those Acts shall be exercisable in relation to any provision in this Order.

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Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977 No. 2151 (N.I. 22))

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In Article 5(2)(e) of the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 for the words from “Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978 No. 1050 (N.I. 20))

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Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14)

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In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979—

• (a) for the words “section 35 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 64 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”; and

• (b) for the words “section 37ZA of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17)

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In section 1(4) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for the words “section 57 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 103 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 925 (N.I. 9))

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• (1) In Article 2(2) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 after the words “section 76 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” wherever they occur there shall be inserted the words “ or section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

• (2) In Article 2(3) of that Order for the words “(Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 or the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992” and for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “ either of those Acts”.

• (3) In Article 8 of that Order—

• (a) for the words “Section 94 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ Section 16 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”;

• (b) for the words “section 93(1)” and “section 94” there shall be substituted the words “ section 15(1)” and “ section 16” respectively.

Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 154 (N.I. 1))

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In Article 129C(2)(a) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981—

• (a) in head (i) for the words “section 35 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 64 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”;

• (b) in head (iA) for “37ZA” there shall be substituted “ 71”;

• (c) in head (iii) for “57” there shall be substituted “ 103” and for “61(1)” there shall be substituted “ 104(1)”.

Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 228 (N.I. 8))

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In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 in paragraph 3(g) for the words “Article 25 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” there shall be substituted the words “ section 101 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.

Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 1675 (N.I. 26))

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In Articles 88 and 98(11) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 for the words “or Article 25 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” there shall be substituted the words “ or section 101 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.