Reform history

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

61 versions · 1999-11-11
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2020-12-31
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2020-03-12
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2019-02-01
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2016-11-30
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2016-04-06
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2016-03-23
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2016-01-27
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2015-12-02
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2015-09-21
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2015-03-18
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2015-02-16
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2015-01-28
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2014-11-26
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2014-09-15
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2014-06-23
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2014-05-13
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2014-02-24
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2013-11-25
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2013-10-28
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2013-09-19
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2013-07-01
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2013-04-29
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2012-05-08
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2012-04-06
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2012-01-03
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2010-10-01
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2010-04-01
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2010-03-30
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2010-01-12
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2009-11-12
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2009-10-31
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2009-10-01
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2009-04-01
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2009-03-28
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2009-01-26
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2008-11-26
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2008-10-27
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2008-04-01
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2008-03-18
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2007-11-26
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2007-09-26
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2006-08-01
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2006-04-06
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2005-12-30
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2005-12-05
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2005-07-26
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2005-04-15
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2005-04-06
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2004-11-18
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2004-09-01
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

Changes on 2004-09-01

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
## Part I — Stakeholder pension schemes
#### Incapacity benefit: persons incapacitated in youth.
#### Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments.
##### 1
@@ -5296,7 +5296,7 @@
- (a) in paragraph (a), after “1992” there is inserted “ or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ”,
- (b) in paragraph (b), for “that Act” there is substituted “ the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 18 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ”, and
- (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (c) in paragraph (c), for “that Act” there is substituted “ the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or paragraph 7A or 7B of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ”.
@@ -6551,19 +6551,19 @@
## Part VII — National Insurance contributions etc: Northern Ireland
#### Registration of stakeholder pension schemes.
#### Effect of bankruptcy on pension rights: unapproved arrangements.
#### Excessive pension contributions made by persons who have become bankrupt: Scotland.
#### Orders in England and Wales.
#### “Implementation period”.
#### Charges in respect of pension sharing costs.
#### Preservation of rights in respect of additional pensions.
#### Meaning of “stakeholder pension scheme”.
#### Effect of bankruptcy on pension rights: approved arrangements.
#### Excessive pension contributions made by persons who have become bankrupt.
#### Miscellaneous amendments.
#### Time for discharge of liability.
#### Other pension schemes.
#### Interpretation of Chapter II.
#### Incapacity benefit: persons incapacitated in youth.
@@ -7417,8 +7417,6 @@
[^c1314594]: [1992 c. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7).
[^c1314595]: [1992 c. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4).
[^c1314596]: [S.I. 1999/671](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/671).
[^c1314597]: [S.I. 1997/664](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/664) (C. 23).
@@ -7525,10 +7523,12 @@
[^key-4ab4d97116f51699b5574165c74cba76]: [S. 72(3)(aa)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/section/72/3/aa) inserted (5.7.2003) by [Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/22), [s. 55(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/22/section/55/2), [Sch. 7 para. 55](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/22/schedule/7/paragraph/55); [S.I. 2003/1666](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1666), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1666/article/2/b)
#### New allowances for bereaved spouses.
#### Attendance allowance.
[^key-eaba8f4d5632b31dfc3c8d2d920b5f22]: [Sch. 11 para. 31(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/schedule/11/paragraph/31/b) repealed (1.9.2004) by [National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/3), [s. 13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/3/section/13), [Sch. 2 Pt. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/3/schedule/2/part/1); [S.I. 2004/1943](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1943), [art. 6(a)(iv)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1943/article/6/a/iv)
#### Bereavement payments.
#### Abolition of severe disablement allowance.
#### Disability living allowance.
#### Child benefit: claimant to state national insurance number.
#### Certain overpayments of benefit not to be recoverable.
2003-07-05
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2003-04-06
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2002-07-08
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2002-04-06
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2002-03-26
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2002-03-25
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2002-01-30
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2000-07-28
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1999-11-11
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
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