Social Security Act 1985

32 Commencement. U.K.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this section for different provisions or different purposes of the same provision.

(2) The following provisions of this Act—

• section 4, so far as it relates to Part I of Schedule 3;

• section 6(5) and (6);

• section 8;

• sections 10 and 11;

• section 13(6) and (7);

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• section 19;

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• sections 23 to 28;

• section 29(1) so far as it relates to paragraphs 22, 34, 36 and 37 of Schedule 5;

• section 29(2), so far as it relates to the repeals in—

• section 41D of the M1 Social Security Pensions Act 1975;

• section 22(7) of the M2 Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977;

• the M3 Social Security Act 1981; and

• the Health and Social Security Act 1984;

• sections 30 and 31;

• this section; and

• section 33,

shall come into force on the day this Act is passed.

(3) The following provisions of this Act—

• section 17;

• section 29(1), so far as it relates to paragraphs 7, 8 and 14 of Schedule 5;

• section 29(2), so far as it relates to the repeals in sections 79, 82 and 90 of the M4 Social Security Act 1975,

shall come into force at the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

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(5) Sections 18 and 20 above shall come into force on 6th April 1986.

(6) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make such transitional and consequential provision (including provision modifying any enactment contained in this or any other Act) or saving as he considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act or the operation of any enactment which is repealed or amended by a provision of this Act during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in force.

(7) Regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(8) [F3 Section 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992](which among other things make provision about the extent of powers to make regulations) shall apply to the power to make regulations conferred by this section as they apply to any power to make regulations conferred by that Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Sch. 11

F2 S. 32(4) repealed, and deemed never to have been enacted, by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), s. 5(3) and Sch. 7 (retrospectively superseded by s. 165B(3) and (4) of Social Security Act 1975)

F3 Words substituted by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Sch. 2, para. 68

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power conferred by s. 32(1) fully exercised by S.I. 1985/1125 and S.I. 1985/1364

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 60.

M2 1977 c. 5.

M3 1981 c. 33

M4 1975 c. 14.