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Social Security Act 1979

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Interpretation

    1. 1.Interpretation

  3. Allowances and pensions

    1. 2.Attendance allowance

    2. 3.Mobility allowance

    3. 4.Amendment of provisions relating to earnings after retirement age

    4. 5.Amendment of principal Act, Pensions Act and Act of 1977

  4. Appeals and reviews, etc.

    1. 6.Appeals from and to Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals

    2. 7.Incompatible benefits

    3. 8.Repayment of benefit

    4. 9.Qualification of National Insurance Commissioners in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  5. Increases in rates etc.

    1. 10.Revaluation of earnings factors

    2. 11.Increase of official pensions

    3. 12.Up-rating of increments in guaranteed minimum pensions.

  6. Miscellaneous

    1. 13.Maternity grant and death grant

    2. 14.Adjustment of secondary Class 1 contributions for exceptions to redundancy provisions

    3. 15.Overlap with benefits under legislation of other member States

    4. 16.Criminal proceedings

    5. 17.Reference of regulations to National Insurance Advisory Committee

    6. 18.Treatment of insignificant amounts

    7. 19.Enactment of same provisions for Northern Ireland

    8. 20.Financial provisions

    9. 21.Short title, etc.

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Amendment of Principal Act, Pensions Act and Act of 1977

      1. PART I Miscellaneous Amendments of Provisions Relating to Retirement and Invalidity Pensions

        1. Principal Act

          1. 1.In section 15(4) of the principal Act (disregard of certain...

          2. 2.In section 39(1)(c)(ii) of the principal Act (certain increases to...

          3. 3.In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the principal Act...

        2. Pensions Act

          1. 4.In section 8(1) of the Pensions Act (provision for Category...

          2. 5.In section 20(1) of the Pensions Act (use of former...

          3. 6.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act...

          4. 7.In the said Schedule 1, the following paragraph is inserted...

        3. Act of 1977

          1. 8.In section 4(1) of the Act of 1977 (provision for...

      2. PART II Modification of Certain Provisions in Relation to Events Occurring Before 6th April 1979

        1. 9.Expressions used in this Part of this Schedule and in...

        2. Principal Act

          1. 10.In section 16 (rates at which invalidity allowance is payable)—...

          2. 11.Section 28(2) (entitlement of married woman to Category A retirement...

          3. 12.In section 59 (increase of unemployability supplement) the following words...

          4. 13.In paragraph 5 of Part V of Schedule 4 (weekly...

        3. Pensions Act

          1. 14.Section 8(1) (Category B retirement pension for widower) shall not...

          2. 15.Section 9 (special provision for surviving spouses) shall not apply...

          3. 16.Section 10 (special provision for married women) shall not apply...

          4. 17.Section 15 (invalidity pension for widows) shall not apply in...

          5. 18.Section 16 (invalidity pension for widowers) shall not apply in...

          6. 19.Section 17 (which is superseded by paragraphs 10 and 13...

          7. 20.Section 20 (use of former spouse's contributions) shall not apply...

          8. 21.In paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 1 (which defines " period...

          9. 22.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (increase of pension where...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Schedule Inserted in Act of 1976 in Substitution for Schedule 4

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. THE FAMILY INCQME SUPPLEMENTS ACT 1970 (c.55)

        1. 1.In section 7(2) of the Family Income Supplements Act 1970...

        2. 2.In section 10(2)(/z) of that Act (review of determinations by...

      2. THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1973 (c.38)

        1. 3.In section 68(1) of the Social Security Act 1973 (reference...

      3. THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1975 (c.14)

        1. 4.In section 4(6) of the principal Act (Class 1 contributions),...

        2. 5.In section 13(5) of the principal Act (calculation of earnings...

        3. 6.In section 14(6) of the principal Act (disregard of certain...

        4. 7.In section 15(4) of the principal Act (disregard of certain...

        5. 8.In section 110(1) of the principal Act (review of decision...

        6. 9.In section 119 of the principal Act—

        7. 10.In paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the principal Act...

        8. 11.In paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 4 to...

      4. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DISQUALIFICATION ACT 1975 (c.24)

        1. 12.In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...

      5. THE SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS ACT 1975 (c.60)

        1. 13.In sections 6(3) and 35(4) of the Pensions Act the...

        2. 14.In section 6(4) of the Pensions Act (increase of earnings...

        3. 15.In section 11 of the Pensions Act (application of earnings...

        4. 16.In section 23(1)(c) of the Pensions Act (up-rating of certain...

        5. 17.In section 34(6) of the Pensions Act (increase of earnings)...

        6. 18.In section 35 of the Pensions Act (earner's guaranteed minimum)—...

        7. 19.In section 37(3) of the Pensions Act (earner's salary as...

        8. 20.In section 59(7) of the Pensions Act, after the words...

        9. 21.In section 61(2) of the Pensions Act (reference of proposed...

        10. 22.In sections 66(2) and 68(3)(a) of the Pensions Act, for...

        11. 23.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act...

      6. THE SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS ACT 1976 (c.71)

        1. 24.In section 2(1) of the Act of 1976 (determination of...

        2. 25.In section 14(2)(d) of the Act of 1976 (review of...

        3. 26.In section 15 of the Act of 1976 (appeals to...

        4. 27.In section 33 of the Act of 1976 (rules and...

        5. 28.In paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Act of...

      7. THE SOCIAL SECURITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1977 (c.5)

        1. 29.In the Act of 1977— (a) section 3(3) to (5),...

      8. THE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1978 (c.44)

        1. 30.In section 132 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978—...

      9. THE SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT (APPEAL TRIBUNAL) RULES 1971 (S.I. No. 680)

        1. 31.Rule 2 of the Supplementary Benefit (Appeal Tribunal) Rules 1971...

      10. THE MOBILITY ALLOWANCE (VEHICLE SCHEME BENEFICIARIES) REGULATIONS 1977 (S.I. No. 1229)

        1. 32.In Regulation 6 of the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries)...

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