Social Security Act 1990
Benefits
1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 Late claims for widowhood benefits where death is difficult to establish.
7 Recovery from damages etc of sums equivalent to benefit: further provision.
8–10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Occupational and personal pensions etc.
11 Annual increase of certain occupational pensions.
12 The Pensions Ombudsman.
13 Registration of occupational and personal pension schemes.
14 Miscellaneous amendments relating to pensions.
Energy efficiency in certain dwellings etc.
15 Grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in certain dwellings etc.
Financial provisions
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 Interest and penalties in respect of certain contributions 1989 c. 26.
18 General financial provisions.
General and supplementary provisions
19 Regulations and orders.
20 Interpretation.
21 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
22 Provision for Northern Ireland.
23 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Amendments Relating to the Recovery from Damages etc of Sums Equivalent to Benefit
1–4. . . . . . . . . ....
Interaction with the Northern Ireland scheme
5(1) . . . . . . . . ....
6. . . . . . . . . ....
Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 (c. 41)
7In section 2(1) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act...
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
After Part IV of the Pensions Act there shall be...
SCHEDULE 4
Part I Protecting Pensions
Occupational pensions: independent trustee where employer insolvent etc
1The following sections shall be inserted after the section 57B...
Employer to make good deficiencies on winding up
2The following section shall be inserted into the Pensions Act...
Investment of scheme’s resources
3After section 57 of the Pensions Act there shall be...
Revaluation of preserved pensions
4(1) For the definition of “qualifying pensionable service” in paragraph...
Part II Miscellaneous Amendments
Preservation of rights for persons opting out of schemes
5(1) In Schedule 16 to the 1973 Act, in sub-paragraph...
Contracting-out conditions: age at which pension or annuity is to commence under a money purchase scheme
6(1) In section 32 of the Pensions Act, in subsection...
Contracting-out conditions: guaranteed minimum for married women and widows paying reduced rate contributions
7(1) In section 33 of the Pensions Act, in subsection...
Protection of earner’s and widow’s pensions
8(1) Sections 41A and 41B of the Pensions Act (protection...
Provisions for the suspension or forfeiture of pensions
9(1) In section 41C(3) of the Pensions Act—
The insurance companies which may take transfer values
10In section 52C of the Pensions Act (extinguishment of scheme’s...
Grants by the Occupational Pensions Board to advisory bodies
11The following section shall be inserted after the section 57A...
Levy towards meeting cost of the Pensions Ombudsman, the Registry and certain grants made by the Board
12After section 60 of the Pensions Act there shall be...
Extension of certain pension scheme provisions to Northern Ireland.
13In section 68(4) of the Pensions Act (provisions which extend...
Revaluation: extension of certain provisions to widowers
14In section 9(4) of the 1986 Act, in paragraph (i)...
Overriding effect of certain 1989 Act amendments
15(1) In paragraph 19 of Schedule 6 to the 1989...
SCHEDULE 5 . . .
SCHEDULE 6 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Orders increasing contributions
1. . . . . . . . . ....
Contributions of registered dock workers
2(1) In section 4(7) of the principal Act (reduced contributions...
3. . . . . . . . . ....
Regulations relating to industrial injuries and diseases
4(1) . . . . . . . . ....
5–7. . . . . . . . . ....
Parliamentary control of regulations and orders
8(1) . . . . . . . . ....
9–12. . . . . . . . . ....
Re-establishment courses and resettlement units
13(1) In Schedule 5 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976,...
14–26. . . . . . . . . ....
Benefits for women widowed before 11th April 1988
27(1) The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment...
28. . . . . . . . . ....
Employment related schemes for pensions or other benefits: equal treatment for men and women
29In Schedule 5 to that Act, in paragraph 5 (unfair...
30. . . . . . . . . ....
Joint citations
31In the following enactments, for the words “the Social Security...
SCHEDULE 7 Repeals

Social Security Act 1990

1990 c. 27

An Act to amend the law relating to social security and to occupational and personal pension schemes; to establish and confer functions on a Pensions Ombudsman and a Registrar of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes; to make provision for the payment of grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in certain dwellings; and for purposes connected therewith.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C2

The base date version of this Act is revised to 1.7.1992 and takes account of the effects on it of the consolidating legislation which came into force at that date