Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (1992 c. 8)
- Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (1992 c. 8)
- Part I Claims for and Payments and General Administration of Benefit
- Necessity of claim
- 1 Entitlement to benefit dependent on claim.
- 2 Retrospective effect of provisions making entitlement to benefit dependent on claim.
- Work-focused interviewsand work-related activity
- 2A Claim or full entitlement to certain benefits conditional on work-focused interview.
- 2AA Full entitlement to certain benefits conditional on work-focused interview for partner
- 2B Supplementary provisions relating to work-focused interviews.
- 2C Optional work-focused interviews.
- 2D Work-related activity
- 2E Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews
- 2F Directions about work-related activity
- 2G Contracting-out
- 2H Good cause for failure to comply with regulations
- Bereavement benefits
- 3 Late claims for bereavement benefit where death is difficult to establish.
- 4 Treatment of payments of benefit to certain widows.
- Claims and payments regulations
- 5 Regulations about claims for and payments of benefit.
- Sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information
- 5A Sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information.
- 5B Use of social security information
- Industrial injuries benefit
- 6 Notification of accidents, etc.
- 7 Medical examination and treatment of claimants.
- 8 Obligations of claimants.
- Disability working allowance
- 9 Initial claims and repeat claims.
- The social fund
- 10 Necessity of application for certain payments.
- Health in pregnancy grant
- 10A Necessity of application for health in pregnancy grant
- Child benefit
- 11 Necessity of application for child benefit.
- 11A Election not to receive child benefit
- Statutory sick pay
- 12 Duties of employees etc. in relation to statutory sick pay.
- Statutory maternity pay
- 13 Duties of women etc. in relation to statutory maternity pay.
- Payments in respect of mortgage interest, etc.
- 13A Payment out of benefit of sums in respect of mortgage interest, etc.
- 13B Expenses in respect of vehicle hire, etc.
- Emergency payments
- 14 Emergency payments by Health and Social Care trusts and other bodies.
- Part II Adjudication
- Adjudication by the Department
- 15 Questions for the Department.
- 16 Appeal on question of law.
- 17 Review of decisions.
- Adjudication by adjudication officers
- 18 Claims and questions to be submitted to adjudication officer.
- 19 Decision of adjudication officer.
- Appeals from adjudication officers - general
- 20 Appeal to social security appeal tribunal.
- 21 Appeal from social security appeal tribunal to Commissioner.
- 22 Appeal from Commissioners on point of law.
- Reviews - general
- 23 Review of decisions.
- 24 Procedure for reviews.
- 25 Reviews under s. 23 - supplementary.
- 26 Appeals following reviews or refusals to review.
- 27 Review after claimant appeals.
- Attendance allowance, disability living allowance and disability working allowance
- 28 Reviews of decisions of adjudication officers.
- 29 Further reviews.
- 30 Reviews of decisions as to attendance allowance, disability living allowance or disability working allowance - supplementary.
- 31 Appeals following reviews.
- 32 Appeal from social security appeal tribunals or disability appeal tribunals to Commissioners and appeals from Commissioners.
- 33 Reviews of decisions on appeal.
- Questions first arising on appeal
- 34 Questions first arising on appeal.
- Reference of special questions
- 35 Reference of special questions.
- Adjudication officers and the Chief Adjudication Officer
- 36 Adjudication officers.
- 37 The Chief Adjudication Officer.
- Social security appeal tribunals
- 38 Panels for appointment to social security appeal tribunals.
- 39 Constitution of social security appeal tribunals.
- Disability appeal tribunals
- 40 Panels for appointment to disability appeal tribunals.
- 41 Constitution of disability appeal tribunals.
- Adjudication in relation to industrial injuries and disablement benefit
- 42 Declaration that accident is an industrial accident.
- 43 Disablement questions.
- 44 Medical appeals and references.
- 45 Review of medical decisions.
- 46 Appeal etc. on question of law to Commissioner.
- Adjudicating medical practitioners and medical appeal tribunals
- 47 Adjudicating medical practitioners.
- 48 Constitution of medical appeal tribunals.
- The President and chairmen of tribunals
- 49 The President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals and chairmen.
- Social Security Commissioners
- 50 Appointment of Commissioners.
- References to medical practitioners, the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board etc.
- 51 Power of adjudicating authorities to refer matters to experts.
- 52 Claims relating to attendance allowance, disability living allowance and disability working allowance.
- 53 Medical examination etc. in relation to appeals to disability appeal tribunals.
- Determination of questions of special difficulty
- 54 Assessors.
- 55 Tribunal of 2 or 3 Commissioners.
- Medical examinations
- 55A Medical examinations of persons awarded attendance allowance or disability living allowance.
- Regulations
- 56 Regulations as to determination of questions and matters arising out of, or pending, reviews and appeals.
- 57 Procedure.
- 58 Finality of decisions.
- 59 Regulations about supplementary matters relating to determinations.
- Incapacity for work
- 59A Adjudication: incapacity for work.
- Industrial diseases
- 60 Adjudication as to industrial diseases.
- Housing benefit
- 61 Adjudication.
- Social fund officers and inspectors and the social fund Commissioner
- 62 Social fund officers.
- 63 The social fund Commissioner and inspectors.
- 64 Reviews.
- Christmas bonus
- 65 Determination of questions.
- Restrictions on entitlement to benefit following erroneous decision
- 66 Restrictions on entitlement to benefit in certain cases of error.
- 67 Determination of questions on review following erroneous decisions.
- Correction of errors
- 68 Regulations as to correction of errors.
- Part III Overpayments and Adjustments of Benefit
- Misrepresentation etc.
- 69 Overpayments - general.
- 69ZA Overpayments out of the social fund.
- Recovery of benefit payments
- 69ZB Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits
- 69ZC Deduction from benefit
- 69ZD Deduction from earnings
- 69ZE Court action etc.
- 69ZF Adjustment of benefit
- 69ZG Recovery of payments on account
- 69ZH Recovery of hardship payments etc.
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- 69A Recovery of jobseeker’s allowance: severe hardship cases.
- 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Adjustments of benefits
- 71 Overlapping benefits - general.
- 72 Income support and other payments.
- 72A Payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Department.
- Housing benefit
- 73 Overpayments of housing benefit.
- Social fund awards
- 74 Recovery of social fund awards.
- Great Britain payments
- 75 Recovery of Great Britain payments.
- Adjustment of child benefit
- 76 Child benefit - overlap with benefits under legislation of ... member States.
- 77 Interpretation of Part IV.
- Recovery from damages, etc. of sums equivalent to benefit
- 78 Recovery of sums equivalent to benefit from compensation payments in respect of accidents, injuries and diseases.
- Payments, deductions and certificates
- 79 Time for making payment to Department.
- 80 The certificate of total benefit.
- 81 Exemption from deduction in cases involving small payments.
- 82 Multiple compensation payments.
- 83 Collaboration between compensators.
- 84 Structured settlements.
- 85 Insolvency.
- 86 Protection of legal aid charges.
- 87 Overpaid benefits.
- 88 Death.
- 89 Payments into court.
- Administration and adjudication
- 90 Provision of information.
- 91 Applications for certificates of total benefit.
- 92 Liability of compensator unenforceable if certificate not issued within time limit.
- 93 Review of certificates of total benefit.
- 94 Appeals.
- 95 Recovery in consequence of an appeal.
- 96 Recovery of relevant payment in cases of default.
- Miscellaneous
- 97 Foreign compensators: duties of intended recipient.
- 98 Interest on damages: reductions in respect of relevant payments.
- 99 The Crown.
- Part V Income Support And The Duty To Maintain
- 100 Failure to maintain - general.
- 101 Recovery of expenditure on benefit from person liable for maintenance.
- 102 Recovery of expenditure on income support: additional amounts and transfer of orders.
- 103 Reduction of expenditure on income support: certain maintenance orders to be enforceable by the Department.
- Part VI Enforcement
- Inspection
- 103A Authorisations for investigators
- 103B Power to require information
- 103BA Power of Department to require electronic access to information
- 103C Powers of entry
- 104 Appointment and powers of inspectors.
- 104ZA Class 1, 1A, 1B or 2 contributions: powers to call for documents etc
- 104A Authorisations by the Housing Executive
- 104AA Power of Housing Executive to require electronic access to information
- 104B Powers of inspectors appointed under section 104A.
- 105 Delay, obstruction etc. of inspector.
- 105A Dishonest representations for obtaining benefit etc.
- 106 False representations for obtaining benefit etc.
- 107 Breach of regulations.
- 107A Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: breach of regulations
- 107B Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: fraud and negligence
- 107C Health in pregnancy grant: civil penalty for fraud, etc.
- 108 Offences relating to contributions.
- 108A Penalties relating to contributions.
- 109 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 109A Penalty as alternative to prosecution.
- 109B Penalty as alternative to prosecution: colluding employers, etc.
- Legal proceedings
- 110 Legal proceedings.
- 111 Issues arising in proceedings.
- 111A Issues arising in proceedings: contributions, etc.
- Unpaid contributions etc.
- 112 Evidence of non-payment.
- 113 Recovery of unpaid contributions on prosecution.
- 114 Proof of previous offences.
- 115 Unpaid contributions - supplementary.
- 115A Recovery of contributions, etc.
- 115B Liability of directors, etc. for company’s contributions.
- 115C Appeals in relation to personal liability notices.
- 115CA Interpretation of Part VI
- Part VII Information
- Information relating to, or required for purposes of, contributions, statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay
- 115D Supply of contributions, etc. information held by Inland Revenue.
- 115E Supply to Inland Revenue for purposes of contributions, etc. of information held by Department or Secretary of State.
- Information held by tax authorities
- 116 Supply of information held by tax authorities for fraud prevention and verification.
- 116ZA Supply of tax information to assess certain employment or training schemes
- 116AA Disclosure of contributions, etc. information by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs .
- 116A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Other government information
- 116B Supply of other government information for fraud prevention and verification.
- The Housing Executive
- 116C Supply of information to the Housing Executive.
- 116D Supply of information by the Housing Executive.
- Persons employed or formerly employed in social security administration or adjudication
- 117 Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons.
- Notification of deaths
- 118 Regulations as to notification of deaths.
- Personal representatives - income support and supplementary benefit
- 119 Personal representatives to give information about the estate of a deceased person who was in receipt of income support or supplementary benefit.
- Landlords and agents
- 119A Power to require information from landlords and agents.
- Housing benefit
- 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Statutory sick pay and other benefits
- 121 Disclosure by the Department for purpose of determination of period of entitlement to statutory sick pay.
- 122 Duties of employers - statutory sick pay and claims for other benefits.
- Statutory maternity pay and other benefits
- 123 Disclosure by the Department for purpose of determination of period of entitlement to statutory maternity pay.
- 124 Duties of employers - statutory maternity pay and claims for other benefits.
- Maintenance proceedings
- 125 Furnishing of addresses for maintenance proceedings, etc.
- Part VIII Arrangements for Housing Benefit
- Housing benefit
- 126 Arrangements for housing benefit.
- 127 Housing benefit finance.
- 128 Claims etc.
- Reports
- 128A Persons to report on administration.
- 128B Powers of investigation.
- 128C Reports.
- Directions by Department
- 128D Directions.
- 128DA Directions: variations and revocation
- 128E Information about attainment of standards.
- 128EE Financing of other expenditure.
- 128F Enforcement notices.
- 128G Enforcement determinations.
- 128H Enforcement determinations: supplementary.
- Part IX Alteration of Contributions and Benefits
- Alteration of contributions, etc.
- 129 Amendments following alterations in Great Britain.
- 130 Revaluation of earnings factors.
- 130A Revaluation of low earnings threshold
- 130AA Revaluation of flat rate accrual amount
- 130AC Revaluation for transitional pensions under Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
- 130AD Revaluation of new state scheme pension debits and credits
- 131 Statutory sick pay - power to alter limit for small employers’ relief.
- Review and alteration of benefits
- 132 Annual up-rating of benefits.
- 132A Annual up-rating of basic pension etc. and standard minimum guarantee
- 132B Up-rating of transitional state pensions under Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
- 133 Rectification of mistakes in up-rating orders.
- 134 Social security benefits in respect of children.
- Part X Computation of Benefits
- 135 Effect of alteration of rates of benefit under Parts II to V of Contributions and Benefits Act.
- 135A Power to anticipate pensions up-rating order.
- 136 Up-rating under section 132 of pensions increased under section 52(3) of Contributions and Benefits Act.
- 137 Effect of alteration of rates of child benefit.
- 138 Treatment of excess benefit as paid on account of child benefit.
- 139 Effect of alteration in the component rates of income support.
- 139A Effect of alteration of rates of a jobseeker’s allowance.
- 139B Effect of alterations affecting state pension credit
- 139C Effect of alteration of rates of an employment and support allowance
- 139D Effect of alterations affecting universal credit
- 139E. Effect of alteration of rates of personal independence payment
- 140 Implementation of increases in income support due to attainment of particular ages.
- 140A Implementation of increases in income-based jobseeker’s allowance due to attainment of particular ages.
- 140B Implementation of increases in employment and support allowance due to attainment of particular ages
- Part XI Finance
- 141 National Insurance Fund.
- 142 Destination of contributions.
- 143 General financial arrangements.
- 144 Destination of repayments, etc.
- 145 Adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated Fund.
- 146 The social fund.
- 147 Allocations from social fund.
- 148 Adjustments between social fund and other sources of finance.
- Part XII Advisory Bodies and the Duty to Consult
- Consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee
- 149 Functions of Social Security Advisory Committee in relation to legislation and regulations.
- 150 Cases in which consultation with Committee is not required.
- 151 Committee’s report on regulations and Department’s duties.
- The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board
- 152 The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board.
- Part XIII Social Security Systems Outside Northern Ireland
- Co-ordination
- 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Reciprocity
- 154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 155 Reciprocal agreements with countries outside the United Kingdom.
- 155A Exchange of information with overseas authorities
- Part XIV Miscellaneous
- Travelling expenses
- 156 Payment of travelling expenses by Department.
- 156A Payment of travelling expenses by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
- Offences
- 157 Impersonation of officers.
- 158 Illegal possession of documents.
- Redirection of post
- 158A Return of social security post.
- 158B Requirement to supply information about redirection of post.
- National insurance numbers
- 158C Requirement to apply for national insurance number.
- Industrial injuries and diseases
- 159 Research on industrial injuries, etc.
- 160 Control of pneumoconiosis.
- Workmen’s compensation, etc.
- 161 Administration of workmen’s compensation etc.
- Supplementary benefit etc.
- 162 Application of provisions of Act to supplementary benefit, etc.
- Miscellaneous
- 163 Certain benefit to be inalienable.
- 164 Exemption from stamp duty.
- Part XV General
- Subordinate legislation
- 165 Regulations and orders - general.
- 166 Assembly, etc. control of orders and regulations.
- Supplementary
- 167 Interpretation.
- 168 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 CLAIMS FOR BENEFIT MADE OR TREATED BEFORE 1ST OCTOBER 1990
- Claims made or treated as made on or after 2nd September 1985 and before 19th November 1986
- Claims made or treated as made on or after 19th November 1986 and before 6th April 1987
- Claims made or treated as made on or after 6th April 1987 and before 23rd August 1989
- Claims made or treated as made on or after 23rd August 1989 and before 14th August 1990
- Claims made or treated as made on or after 14th August 1990 and before 1st October 1990
- SCHEDULE 2 COMMISSIONERS – SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- Tenure of offices
- Remuneration etc. for President and chairmen
- Officers and staff
- Clerks to social security appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals
- Miscellaneous administrative duties of President
- Remuneration etc.
- Certificates of decisions
- SCHEDULE 3 REGULATIONS AS TO PROCEDURE
- Interpretation
- Provision which may be made
- SCHEDULE 3A Health in pregnancy grant: Civil penalty for fraud, etc.
- Penalty
- Appeal
- Mitigation
- Time limit
- Recovery
- SCHEDULE 4 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OR ADJUDICATION
- Part I The Specified Persons
- Government departments
- . . .
- The Housing Executive etc.
- Adjudication officers
- Adjudicating bodies
- The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for Northern Ireland
- . . .
- ...
- Discretionary support officers
- Former statutory bodies
- Part II Construction of References to Government Departments Etc.
- SCHEDULE 5 REGULATIONS NOT REQUIRING PRIOR SUBMISSION TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Personal independence payment
- Disability living allowance
- Industrial injuries
- Up-rating, etc.
- Benefit cap
- Earnings limits
- Married women and widows—reduced rate contributions
- Child benefit
- Statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay
- Consolidation, etc.
- SCHEDULE 5A Regulations not requiring prior submission to Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- SCHEDULE 6 OLD CASES PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATION
- Provisions ancillary to paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to Contributions and Benefits Act
- Adjustment of benefit in certain cases
- Overpayments
- SCHEDULE 7 SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS, ETC.
- Claims and payments
- Adjudication
- Overpayments etc.
- Inspection
- Legal proceedings
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
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