Social Security Pensions Act 1975

68 Short title, citation and extent. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security Pensions Act 1975.

(2) The M1 Social Security Act 1975 and this Act may be cited together as the Social Security Acts 1975.

(3) The following provisions of this Act have the same extent as the M2 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971—

(a) [F1 sections 59 and 59A];

(b) paragraph 18 of Schedule 4;

(c) Schedule 5, so far as it repeals provisions of that Act.

(4) [F2 The following provisions of this Act, namely, sections 57, 59B, other than subsections (4) and (5)(b), and 59K(1),(2), other than paragraph (a)(ii),(3),(4) and (9) extend] to Northern Ireland; and this Act extends to Northern Ireland so far as it—

(a) amends sections 66, 67(4) and 89 of, and Schedule 17 to, the M3 Social Security Act 1973;

(b) amends section 99(1) of that Act by inserting definitions of “the Pensions Act” and “state scheme premium”;

(c) repeals Part III and section 89(3)(c) and (4) of that Act, and Schedules 18 to 20 to that Act;

(d) by section 65(2) and Part II of Schedule 4 amends the M4 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and the M5 Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 and reinstates paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the M6 Social Security Benefits Act 1975;

(e) repeals paragraphs 47 and (in part) 58 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975;

(f) amends or repeals provisions of the M7 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970;

(g) amends provisions of the M8 Finance Act 1971;

(h) repeals provisions of the M9 Public Records Act 1958, the M10 Superannuation Act 1972, the M11 Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972, the M12 Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 and the M13 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975;

but subject to the foregoing provisions of this subsection and to subsection (3) above, this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18), Sch. 3 para. 22

F2 Words substituted (with effect from 18.7.1990) by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Sch. 4, para. 13, and Sch. 7

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 14.

M2 1971 c. 56.

M3 1973 c. 38.

M4 1975 c. 15.

M5 1975 c. 18.

M6 1975 c. 11.

M7 1970 c. 10.

M8 1971 c. 68.

M9 1958 c. 51.

M10 1972 c. 11.

M11 1972 c. 48.

M12 1974 c. 9.

M13 1975 c. 24.