Social Security Act 1975
Social Security Act 1975 (1975 c. 14)
- Social Security Act 1975 (1975 c. 14)
- PART I Contributions
- Preliminary
- 1 Outline of contributory system
- 2 Categories of earners
- 3 "Earnings"
- The four classes of contributions
- 4 Class 1 contributions (incidence)
- 5 Class 1 standard and reduced rates
- 6 Class 1 exemptions
- 7 Class 2 contributions
- 8 Class 3 contributions
- 9 Class 4 contributions recoverable under Tax Acts
- 10 Class 4 contributions recoverable under regulations
- 11 General power to regulate liability for contributions
- PART II Benefit and its Administration
- CHAPTER I Contributory Benefits
- Preliminary
- 12 Descriptions of contributory benefits
- 13 Contribution conditions and the earnings factor
- Benefits for unemployment, sickness and invalidity
- 14 Unemployment benefit and sickness benefit
- 15 Invalidity pension
- 16 Invalidity allowance
- 17 Determination of days for which benefit is payable
- 18 Duration of unemployment benefit
- 19 Loss of employment due to stoppage of work
- 20 Other disqualifications, etc.
- Maternity
- 21 Maternity grant
- 22 Maternity allowance
- 23 Supplementary provisions as to maternity benefit
- Widowhood
- 24 Widow's allowance
- 25 Widowed mother's allowance
- 26 Widow's pension
- Retirement pensions (Categories A and B)
- 27 Matters affecting entitlement to pension
- 28 Category A retirement pension
- 29 Category B retirement pension
- 30 Category A and B pensions (supplementary)
- Other benefits
- 31 Child's special allowance
- 32 Death grant
- Supplementary
- 33 Partial satisfaction of contribution conditions
- CHAPTER II Non-Contributory Benefits
- 34 Descriptions of non-contributory benefits
- 35 Attendance allowance
- 36 Non-contributory invalidity pension
- 37 Invalid care allowance
- 38 Guardian's allowance
- 39 Retirement benefits for the aged
- 40 Age addition
- CHAPTER III Increases for Dependants
- Child dependants
- 41 Beneficiary's dependent children
- 42 Additional provisions as to increase under s.41
- 43 Limits of increase for dependent children
- Adult dependants
- 44 Short term benefit: increase for adult dependants
- 45 Pension increase (wife)
- 46 Pension increase (female with care of children)
- 47 Invalidity pension (dependant relative)
- 48 Pension increases supplementary provisions
- Increase of certain non-contributory benefits
- 49 Beneficiaries under ss.36 and 37
- CHAPTER IV Benefit for Industrial Injuries
- General provisions as to benefit
- 50 Descriptions of industrial injuries benefits
- 51 Relevant employments
- 52 Earner acting in breach of regulations, etc.
- 53 Earner travelling in employer's transport
- 54 Accidents happening while meeting emergency
- 55 Accident caused by another's misconduct, etc.
- Injury benefit
- 56 Injury benefit
- Disablement benefit
- 57 Disablement gratuity and pension
- 58 Unemployability supplement
- 59 Increase of unemployability supplement
- 60 Increase of disablement pension for special hardship
- 61 Increase where constant attendance needed
- 62 Increase during hospital treatment
- 63 Increase for exceptionally severe disablement
- Increases for dependants
- 64 Beneficiary's dependent children
- 65 Additional provisions as to increase under s.64
- 66 Adult dependants
- Industrial death benefit
- 67 Widow's benefit (entitlement)
- 68 Widow's benefit (rate)
- 69 Widower's benefit (entitlement and rate)
- 70 Children of deceased's family
- 71 Parents
- 72 Relatives
- 73 Woman having care of deceased's children
- 74 Beneficiary previously maintained by deceased
- 75 Death of person with constant attendance allowance
- CHAPTER V Industrial Diseases, and Injuries not within Chapter IV
- 76 Benefit in respect of industrial disease, etc.
- 77 General provisions as to benefit under s.76
- 78 Respiratory diseases
- CHAPTER VI Administration of Benefit
- Provisions relating to benefit under Chapters I to V
- 79 Claims and awards
- 80 Claims in the alternative
- 81 Payment
- 82 Disqualification and suspension
- 83 Disqualifications disregarded for certain purposes
- 84 Persons maintaining dependants, etc.
- 85 Overlapping benefits
- 86 Set-off of overpayments
- 87 Benefit to be inalienable
- Provisions relating to industrial injuries benefit only
- 88 Notification of accidents, etc.
- 89 Medical examination and treatment
- 90 Obligations of claimants
- 91 Adjustments for successive accidents
- Supplementary
- 92 Benefit forgone for unabated sick pay
- PART III Determination of Claims and Questions
- Adjudication by Secretary of State
- 93 Principal questions for Secretary of State
- 94 Appeal on question of law
- 95 Other questions for Secretary of State
- 96 Review of decisions under ss.93, 95
- Adjudication by insurance officers, local tribunals and Commissioners
- 97 Adjudicating officials and bodies
- 98 Claims and questions to be submitted to insurance officer
- 99 Decision of insurance officer
- 100 Appeal to local tribunal
- 101 Appeal from local tribunal to Commissioner
- 102 Questions first arising on appeal
- 103 Reference of special questions
- 104 Review of decisions
- Adjudication in relation to attendance allowance
- 105 Attendance Allowance Board
- 106 Review of, and appeal from, Board's decision
- Adjudication in relation to industrial injuries, etc.
- 107 Declaration that accident is an industrial accident
- 108 Disablement questions
- 109 Medical appeals and references
- 110 Review of medical decisions
- 111 Reference to single doctor
- 112 Appeal etc. on question of law to Commissioner
- 113 Adjudication as to industrial diseases
- Adjudication generally
- 114 Regulations as to determination of questions
- 115 Procedure
- 116 Tribunal of 3 Commissioners
- 117 Finality of decisions
- 118 Questions as to child or family
- 119 Effect of adjudication on payment and recovery
- PART IV General Provisions as to Operation and Administration of this Act
- Review and re-rating of contributions
- 120 Annual review of contributions
- 121 Orders under s.120 (supplementary)
- 122 Additional power to alter contributions
- 123 Orders under s.122 (supplementary)
- Up-rating of benefits
- 124 Power to increase rates of benefit
- 125 Duty to increase certain benefits
- 126 Supplementary provisions as to up-rating
- Special classes of earners
- 127 Crown employment
- 128 Her Majesty's forces
- 129 Mariners, airmen, etc.
- 130 Married women and widows
- 131 Persons outside Great Britain
- 132 Employment at sea (continental shelf operations)
- Finance
- 133 National Insurance Fund
- 134 Destination of contributions and Treasury supplements
- 135 General financial arrangements
- 136 Payments for purposes of s.92
- 137 Financial review and report
- Advisory bodies
- 138 National Insurance Advisory Committee
- 139 Committee to be consulted as to regulations
- 140 Advisory functions in relation to attendance allowance
- 141 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- Social security systems outside Great Britain
- 142 Co-ordination with Northern Ireland
- 143 Reciprocity with other countries
- Enforcement
- 144 Appointment and powers of inspectors
- 145 Duty to submit to inspection
- 146 Offences and penalties
- 147 General provisions as to prosecutions
- 148 Questions arising in proceedings
- Unpaid contributions
- 149 Evidence of non-payment
- 150 Recovery on prosecution
- 151 Proof of previous offences
- 152 Provisions supplementary to ss.150, 151
- 153 Priority in bankruptcy, etc.
- Matters particularly relating to industrial injuries and diseases
- 154 Research on industrial injuries, etc.
- 155 Control of pneumoconiosis
- 156 Accidents in course of illegal employment
- 157 Persons treated as employers for certain purposes
- 158 Supplementary schemes
- 159 Payments for pre-1948 cases
- Other administrative provisions
- 160 Provisions relating to age, death and marriage
- 161 Furnishing of addresses for maintenance proceedings, etc.
- 162 Treatment of certain marriages
- 163 Exemption from stamp duty
- 164 Disclosure of information by Inland Revenue
- 165 Deputy Government Actuary
- PART V General
- 166 Orders and regulations (general provisions)
- 167 Parliamentary control of orders and regulations
- 168 Interpretation
- 169 Citation, extent and commencement
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Supplementary provisions relating to Contributions of Classes 1, 2 and 3
- Class 1 contributions where earner employed in more than one employment
- Earnings not paid at normal intervals
- Method of paying Class 1 contributions
- General provisions as to Class 1 contributions
- Power to combine collection of contributions with tax
- General regulation-making powers
- Deduction of contributions from pension, etc.
- SCHEDULE 2 Levy of Class 4 Contributions with Income Tax
- Interpretation
- Method of computing profits or gains
- Reliefs
- Husband and wife
- Partnerships
- Trustees, etc.
- Other provisions
- SCHEDULE 3 Contribution Conditions for Entitlement to Benefit
- PART I The conditions
- Unemployment and sickness benefit
- Maternity grant
- Maternity allowance
- Widow's allowance
- Widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension; retirement pensions (Categories A and B)
- Child's special allowance
- Death grant
- PART II Satisfaction of conditions in early years of contribution
- SCHEDULE 4 Rates of Benefits, Grants and Increases for Dependants
- PART I Contributory Periodical Benefits (Sections 14-31)
- PART II Maternity Grant and Death Grant
- PART III Non-Contributory Periodical Benefits (ss. 34-40)
- PART IV Increases for Dependants (ss. 41-49)
- PART V Rate or Amount of Industrial Injuries Benefit
- SCHEDULE 5 Meaning of "unemployability supplement or allowance"
- SCHEDULE 6 Earnings-related Supplement and Addition
- PART I Computation of weekly rate
- PART II Additional provisions
- SCHEDULE 7 Method of treating deceased Husband's Contributions as those of his Widow, so as to entitle her to Category A Retirement Pension
- SCHEDULE 8 Assessment of Extent of Disablement
- General provisions as to method of assessment
- Special provision as to entitlement to constant attendance allowance, etc.
- SCHEDULE 9 Limits of Entitlement to Industrial Death Benefit
- SCHEDULE 10 Supplementary Provisions as to Local Tribunals, Commissioners, Etc
- Panels for appointment to local tribunals
- Tribunal chairmen
- Expenses of tribunal members and others
- Commissioners' remuneration etc., and their pensions
- Commissioners' pensions: supplementary
- SCHEDULE 11 Attendance Allowance Board
- PART I Membership of Board and Method of discharging Functions
- PART II Personnel, Administration and Expenses
- SCHEDULE 12 Medical Boards and Medical Appeal Tribunals
- SCHEDULE 13 Provision which may be made by Procedure Regulations
- SCHEDULE 14 Provisions applicable on Alteration of Benefit Rates
- Preliminary
- Awards before commencing date
- Variation of disablement gratuities
- Benefit in respect of children or adult dependants
- SCHEDULE 15 National Insurance Advisory Committee
- PART I Constitution etc. of Committee
- PART II Regulations not Requiring Prior Submission to Committee
- SCHEDULE 16 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- PART I Constitution of Council
- PART II Regulations not Requiring Prior Submission to Council
- SCHEDULE 17 Constitution, etc., of Joint Authority for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- SCHEDULE 18 Priority of Debts in Cases of Personal and Company Insolvency
- SCHEDULE 19 Supplementary Schemes
- Implementation of schemes
- Amendment and consolidation of schemes
- Set-off of overpayments
- Exemption of certain documents from stamp duty
- SCHEDULE 20 Glossary of Expressions
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