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An Act to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Acts 1965 to 1973, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts 1965 to 1973 and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Acts 1967 to 1973 as to the rate or amount of benefit and contributions; to amend section 39 of the Social Security Act 1973 and to make minor amendments of certain other enactments relating to social security; and for purposes connected with those matters.
[13th May 1974]
Commencement Information
I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent by s. 8(4), Sch. 5 (now repealed); Act wholly in force at 13. 6. 1974
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F2S. 5 repealed by Social Security Benefits Act 1975 (c. 11), Sch. 6 Pt. I
F3(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Where any provision of Part II of the M1Social Security Act 1973 allows for specified matters to be dealt with by, or determined in accordance with, regulations made by the Secretary of State or by him and the Minister for the Civil Service jointly, any regulations made by virtue of that provision may provide for those matters to be dealt with by the Occupational Pensions Board in their discretion, or to be determined in accordance with the exercise by the Board of a discretion vested in them by the regulations, and for the Board’s discretion to be exercised either generally in regard to those matters or differently in regard to particular cases or classes of case; and this subsection shall be deemed always to have had effect.
(5)The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (which are amendments in connection with the consolidation of enactments relating to social security and other minor amendments).
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 6: power conferred by s. 6 exercised by S.I. 1975/572; 1984/451, 614; 1986/2218; 1987/214
P2S. 6: power exercised by S.I. 1991/167.
Extent Information
E1S. 6 (4)(5) only extends to Northern Ireland as provided by s. 8(6)(a)
Textual Amendments
F3S. 6(1)(3) repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 6)
F4S. 6(2) repealed with saving by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18), ss. 2, 4, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 25
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6: certain functions transferred by S.I. 1984/1818, art. 2(c), Sch.
C2The text of s. 6(5) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
(1)This Act may be cited as the National Insurance Act 1974.
(2)–(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(6)The following provisions only of this Act extend to Northern Ireland, namely—
(a)subsections (1) and (3) of section 6, so far as those subsections relate to a decision or record of a decision given with respect to any question arising under or in connection with the M2Social Security Act 1973 . . . F8, and subsections (4) and (5) of that section;
(b)this section . . . F8;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8;
(d)Schedules 4 to 6 so far as they relate to enactments which extend to Northern Ireland . . . F8
Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 7, 8(2)–(4) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18), s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F7S. 8(5) repealed by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 8 Pt. I
F8Words and s. 8(6)(c) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18), s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Unreliable marginal note
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F9Schs. 1, 3 repealed by Social Security Benefits Act 1975 (c. 11), Sch. 6 Pt. I
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F11Schs. 1, 3 repealed by Social Security Benefits Act 1975 (c. 11), Sch. 6 Pt. I
1–32U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12
Textual Amendments
33–35U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
Textual Amendments
36(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14U.K.
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16
Textual Amendments
F14Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 36(a) repealed by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18), s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I and S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I. 15), Sch. 6
F15Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 36(b) repealed by S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I. 15), Sch. 6
37U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17
Textual Amendments
38U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18
Textual Amendments
F18Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 38 repealed by S.I. 1980/870 (N.I. 8), Sch. 4 Pt. I
39–41U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19
Textual Amendments
42–56U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20
Textual Amendments
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