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Social Security Bill

This is the text of the Social Security Bill, as amended in Committee in the House of Commons and printed on 25 November 1997.

 
 
  
Social Security Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
DECISIONS AND APPEALS
CHAPTER I
GENERAL
Decisions
Clause 
1.Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
2.Use of computers.
3.Use of information.

Appeals
4.Unified appeal tribunals.
5.President of appeal tribunals.
6.Lord Chancellor's panel for appointment to appeal tribunals.
7.Lord Advocate's panel for appointment to appeal tribunals.
8.Constitution of appeal tribunals.

CHAPTER II
SOCIAL SECURITY DECISIONS AND APPEALS
Decisions
9.Decisions by Secretary of State.
10.Revision of decisions.
11.Decisions superseding earlier decisions.
12.Regulations with respect to decisions.

Appeals
13.Appeal to appeal tribunal.
14.Redetermination etc. of appeals by tribunal.
15.Appeal from tribunal to Commissioner.
16.Appeal from Commissioner on point of law.

Procedure etc.
17.Procedure.
18.Finality of decisions.
19.Matters arising as respects decisions.

Medical examinations
20.Medical examination required by Secretary of State.
21.Medical examination required by appeal tribunal.

Suspension etc. of benefit
22.Suspension in prescribed circumstances.
23.Suspension and termination for failure to furnish information etc.
24.Suspension and termination for failure to submit to medical examination.

Decisions and appeals dependent on other cases
25.Decisions involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases.
26.Appeals involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases.

Cases of error
27.Restrictions on entitlement to benefit in certain cases of error.
28.Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions.

Industrial accidents
29.Decision that accident is an industrial accident.
30.Effect of decision.

Other special cases
31.Incapacity for work.
32.Industrial diseases.
33.Christmas bonus.

Housing benefit and council tax benefit
34.Determination of claims and reviews.
35.Suspension of benefit in prescribed circumstances.

Social fund payments
36.Appropriate officers.
37.The social fund Commissioner and inspectors.
38.Reviews of decisions.

Supplemental
39.Interpretation etc. of Chapter II.

CHAPTER III
OTHER DECISIONS AND APPEALS
Child support
40.Child support: revision of decisions.
41.Child support: decisions superseding earlier decisions.
42.Child support: appeals to appeal tribunals.
43.Child support: decisions and appeals dependent on other cases.
44.Child support: cases of error.

Vaccine damage payments
45.Vaccine damage payments: decisions superseding earlier decisions.
46.Vaccine damage payments: appeals to appeal tribunals.
47.Vaccine damage payments: correction of errors etc.

PART II
CONTRIBUTIONS
Amendments of Contributions and Benefits Act
48.Apportionment of payments etc. made for more than one earner.
49.Payments on account of directors' contributions.
50.Payments treated as remuneration and earnings.
51.Class 1A contributions.
52.Class 1B contributions.
53.Contributions paid in error.
54.Recovery of primary Class 1 contributions by secondary contributors.
55.Contributions returns.
56.Collection of contributions by Secretary of State.
57.Interest and penalties chargeable concurrently with Inland Revenue.
58.Levy of Class 4 contributions with income tax.

Amendments of Administration Act
59.Provision of information.
60.Breach of regulations.
61.Offences and penalties relating to contributions.
62.Evidence of non-payment.
63.Recovery of contributions etc.
64.Class 1B contributions: supplemental.
65.Payments of certain contributions out of the Consolidated Fund.

PART III
BENEFITS
Amendments of Contributions and Benefits Act
66.Daily rate of maternity allowance.
67.Rates of short-term incapacity benefit.
68.Discretionary payments out of social fund.
69.Budgeting loans: criteria for making awards.
70.Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents.
71.Statutory sick pay not precluded by maternity allowance.

Amendments of Administration Act
72.Restrictions on backdating of benefit.
73.Overpayments out of social fund.
74.Power to anticipate pensions up-rating order.

PART IV
SUPPLEMENTAL
75.Regulations and orders.
76.Financial provisions.
77.Transitory provisions.
78.Interpretation: general.
79.Provision for Northern Ireland.
80.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
81.Short title, commencement and extent.
 

SCHEDULES
    Schedule 1-Appeal tribunals: supplementary provisions.
    Schedule 2-Decisions against which no appeal lies.
    Schedule 3-Decisions against which an appeal lies.
    Part I-Benefit decisions.
    Part II-Contributions decisions.
    Schedule 4-Social Security Commissioners.
    Schedule 5-Regulations as to procedure.
    Schedule 6-Minor and consequential amendments.
    Schedule 7-Repeals.
 


 
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