Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975

14(1)Paragraph 13 above applies in particular to any claim for, or award of, benefit before the appointed day and to anything done or occurring in or for the purposes of adjudication proceedings before that day.

(2)A question whether a person became or ceased to be entitled to benefit before the appointed day, and any other question with respect to benefit in respect of a period before that day, is to be determined in accordance with provisions with respect to those matters in force during that period.