The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Citation and interpretationE+W+S

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Act" means the Social Security Act 1998;

  • “the Administration Act" means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M1;

and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.

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Appointed dayE+W+S

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below and to articles 3 and 5 of this Order, 5th July 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)paragraph 105 of Schedule 7 (co-ordination with Northern Ireland), and section 86(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph; and

(b)the provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of—

(i)guardian’s allowance under Part III of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M2,

(ii)benefits under Part V of that Act (benefits for industrial injuries),

(iii)child benefit, and

(iv)any matter to which, by virtue of section 170 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 M3, provisions of Chapter II of Part I of the Act are to apply.

(2) Paragraphs 63 and 102 of Schedule 7 shall come into force immediately before, respectively, paragraphs 4 and 14 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 M4 come into force.

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M31993 c.48. Section 170 is substituted by paragraph 131 of Schedule 7 to the Act and amended by section 16(2) of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) (“the Transfer Act").

SavingsE+W+S

3.—(1) Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 39(3) (Part II of the Administration Act to cease to have effect)[F1, section 86(2) and Schedule 8 (repeals)]) or regulation 59 (revocations) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 M5—

(a)sections 18 and 19 of the Administration Act (appeals on questions of law, and review of decisions);

(b)sections 59 to 61 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Act (regulations about procedural and supplementary matters) as they relate to regulations made in relation to those sections; and

(c)any regulations made under or in connection with the operation of any of those sections or that Schedule,

shall continue to have effect with respect to any decision given before 1st April 1999 by the Secretary of State under section 17(1)(d) of that Act (decision whether person employed in employed earner’s employment for purposes of industrial injuries benefit).

(2) Notwithstanding the coming into force of paragraph 101 of Schedule 7, section 164(5)(a) of the Administration Act (which provides for certain fees to be paid into the National Insurance Fund) shall continue to have effect in relation to any payment of fees made on or after 5th July 1999 under regulations made by virtue of section 62(2)(b) of that Act in connection with a medical examination conducted before that date.

Textual Amendments

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Consequential amendments and modificationsE+W+S

4.—(1) The amendments and modifications made by the following paragraphs of this article shall take effect on 5th July 1999.

F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 M6 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order.

(4) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 M7 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order.

F3(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) The Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982 M8 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Order.

(7) The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 M9 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 7 to this Order.

(8) The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 M10 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 8 to this Order.

F4(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Marginal Citations

M6S.I. 1976/965; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1227, 1996/2327, 2530 and 1998/563.

M7S.I. 1979/628; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/186 and 1994/458.

M8S.I. 1982/1489; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/419, 1990/2538, 1997/371, 1998/571 and 1999/720.

M9S.I. 1983/136; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/504, 1985/491, 1987/400, 824, 1990/2538, 1993/1363 and 1997/824.

M10S.I. 1985/967, as amended by S.I. 1986/1374, 1561, 1987/335, 2112, 1988/553, 1989/1207, 1990/2269, 1991/1938, 1993/861, 862, 1985, 1994/2343, 1996/425 and 1997/810.

Transitional provisionsE+W+S

5.  Schedule 12 to this Order shall have effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Angela Eagle

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security