UK Act of Parliament
1992
United Kingdom
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
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2 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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Section 1 above shall have effect in relation to a...
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Section 1 above shall have effect in relation to a...
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
Part-time chairmen of such tribunals shall hold and vacate office...
[ (1)]The Department may pay, or make such payments towards...
The President may appoint such officers and staff as he...
(1) The President shall assign a clerk to service the...
It shall be the duty of the President—
The Department of Justice shall pay to a Commissioner such...
(1) The Department may pay— (a) to any person specified...
A document bearing a certificate which— (a) is signed by...
In this Schedule “ competent tribunal ” means—
Provision empowering the chairman of a social security appeal tribunal,...
Provision for the non-disclosure to a person of the particulars...
Provision for requiring or authorising the Department to hold, or...
Provision prescribing the procedure to be followed in connection with...
Provision as to the striking out of proceedings for want...
Provision as to the form which is to be used...
Provision as to the time to be allowed—
Provision as to the manner in which, and the time...
Provision for summoning persons to attend and give evidence or...
Provision for authorising a competent tribunal consisting of two or...
Provision for giving the chairman of a competent tribunal consisting...
(1) This paragraph applies where a person fraudulently or negligently—...
(1) A person on whom a penalty is imposed under...
The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may mitigate...
(1) The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may...
A penalty payable under this Schedule is to be treated...
(1) The reference in Part I of this Schedule to...
The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the...
The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the...
Regulations under section 72(3) or 73(10) of the Contributions and...
Regulations making only provision corresponding to provision contained in regulations...
Regulations relating only to industrial injuries benefit.
Regulations which state that they contain only provisions in consequence...
Regulations under Article 101A of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland)...
Regulations which state that they only contain regulations to make...
Regulations prescribing the rate or any of the rates of...
Regulations varying social security benefits following an increase of the...
Regulations under section 154 or 163 of the Contributions and...
Regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating other regulations...
Regulations under Article 83(3) or 84(3) of the Welfare Reform...
Regulations under section 120(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act....
Regulations which state that they contain only provisions in consequence...
Regulations made within a period of 6 months from the...
Regulations which state that they contain only regulations making with...
Regulations which state that the only provision with respect to...
Regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating other regulations...
Regulations making only provision corresponding to provision contained in regulations...
(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect with...
(1) Regulations under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the...
Regulations under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Contributions...
(1) Section 5 above shall have effect in relation to...
(1) Articles 9 to 18, 29 to 31 and 39...
(1) Section 69 above shall have effect in relation to...
Part VI of this Act shall have effect as if...
Section 110 above shall have effect as if any reference...
Duties of employees etc. in relation to statutory sick pay.
- Provide required information to determine SSP entitlement
Duties of women etc. in relation to statutory maternity pay.
- Provide written statement of statutory maternity pay upon request
Browse 282 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Entitlement to benefit dependent on claim.
Retrospective effect of provisions making entitlement to benefit dependent on claim.
Claim or full entitlement to certain benefits conditional on work-focused interview.
Full entitlement to certain benefits conditional on work-focused interview for partner
Supplementary provisions relating to work-focused interviews.
Optional work-focused interviews.
Work-related activity
Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews
Directions about work-related activity
Contracting-out
Good cause for failure to comply with regulations
Late claims for bereavement benefit where death is difficult to establish.
Treatment of payments of benefit to certain widows.
Regulations about claims for and payments of benefit.
Sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information.
Use of social security information
Notification of accidents,
Medical examination and treatment of claimants.
Obligations of claimants.
Initial claims and repeat claims.
Necessity of application for certain payments.
Necessity of application for health in pregnancy grant
Necessity of application for child benefit.
Election not to receive child benefit
Payment out of benefit of sums in respect of mortgage interest, etc.
Expenses in respect of vehicle hire, etc.
Emergency payments by Health and Social Care trusts and other bodies.
Questions for the Department.
Appeal on question of law.
Review of decisions.
Claims and questions to be submitted to adjudication officer.
Decision of adjudication officer.
Appeal to social security appeal tribunal.
Appeal from social security appeal tribunal to Commissioner.
Appeal from Commissioners on point of law.
Review of decisions.
Procedure for reviews.
Reviews under s. 23 - supplementary.
Appeals following reviews or refusals to review.
Review after claimant appeals.
Reviews of decisions of adjudication officers.
Further reviews.
Reviews of decisions as to attendance allowance, disability living allowance or disability working allowance - supplementary.
Appeals following reviews.
Appeal from social security appeal tribunals or disability appeal tribunals to Commissioners and appeals from Commissioners.
Reviews of decisions on appeal.
Questions first arising on appeal.
Reference of special questions.
Adjudication officers.
The Chief Adjudication Officer.
Panels for appointment to social security appeal tribunals.
Constitution of social security appeal tribunals.
Panels for appointment to disability appeal tribunals.
Constitution of disability appeal tribunals.
Declaration that accident is an industrial accident.
Disablement questions.
Medical appeals and references.
Review of medical decisions.
Appeal etc. on question of law to Commissioner.
Adjudicating medical practitioners.
Constitution of medical appeal tribunals.
The President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals and chairmen.
Appointment of Commissioners.
Power of adjudicating authorities to refer matters to experts.
Claims relating to attendance allowance, disability living allowance and disability working allowance.
Medical examination etc. in relation to appeals to disability appeal tribunals.
Assessors.
Tribunal of 2 or 3 Commissioners.
Medical examinations of persons awarded attendance allowance or disability living allowance.
Regulations as to determination of questions and matters arising out of, or pending, reviews and appeals.
Procedure.
Finality of decisions.
Regulations about supplementary matters relating to determinations.
Adjudication: incapacity for work.
Adjudication as to industrial diseases.
Adjudication.
Social fund officers.
The social fund Commissioner and inspectors.
Reviews.
Determination of questions.
Restrictions on entitlement to benefit in certain cases of error.
Determination of questions on review following erroneous decisions.
Regulations as to correction of errors.
Overpayments - general.
Recovery of jobseeker’s allowance: severe hardship cases.
Overpayments out of the social fund.
Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits
Deduction from benefit
Deduction from earnings
Court action etc.
Adjustment of benefit
Recovery of payments on account
Recovery of hardship payments etc.
Special provision as to recovery of income support.
Overlapping benefits - general.
Income support and other payments.
Payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Department.
Overpayments of housing benefit.
Recovery of social fund awards.
Recovery of Great Britain payments.
Child benefit - overlap with benefits under legislation of other member States.
Interpretation of Part IV.
Recovery of sums equivalent to benefit from compensation payments in respect of accidents, injuries and diseases.
Time for making payment to Department.
The certificate of total benefit.
Exemption from deduction in cases involving small payments.
Multiple compensation payments.
Collaboration between compensators.
Structured settlements.
Insolvency.
Protection of legal aid charges.
Overpaid benefits.
Death.
Payments into court.
Provision of information.
Applications for certificates of total benefit.
Liability of compensator unenforceable if certificate not issued within time limit.
Review of certificates of total benefit.
Appeals.
Recovery in consequence of an appeal.
Recovery of relevant payment in cases of default.
Foreign compensators: duties of intended recipient.
Interest on damages: reductions in respect of relevant payments.
The Crown.
Failure to maintain - general.
Recovery of expenditure on benefit from person liable for maintenance.
Recovery of expenditure on income support: additional amounts and transfer of orders.
Reduction of expenditure on income support: certain maintenance orders to be enforceable by the Department.
Authorisations for investigators
Power to require information
Power of Department to require electronic access to information
Powers of entry
Appointment and powers of inspectors.
Authorisations by the Housing Executive
Power of Housing Executive to require electronic access to information
Powers of inspectors appointed under section 104A.
Class 1, 1A, 1B or 2 contributions: powers to call for documents etc
Delay, obstruction etc. of inspector.
Dishonest representations for obtaining benefit etc.
False representations for obtaining benefit etc.
Breach of regulations.
Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: breach of regulations
Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: fraud and negligence
Health in pregnancy grant: civil penalty for fraud, etc.
Offences relating to contributions.
Penalties relating to contributions.
Offences by bodies corporate.
Penalty as alternative to prosecution.
Penalty as alternative to prosecution: colluding employers, etc.
Legal proceedings.
Issues arising in proceedings.
Issues arising in proceedings: contributions, etc.
Evidence of non-payment.
Recovery of unpaid contributions on prosecution.
Proof of previous offences.
Unpaid contributions - supplementary.
Recovery of contributions, etc.
Liability of directors, etc. for company’s contributions.
Appeals in relation to personal liability notices.
Interpretation of Part VI
Supply of contributions, etc. information held by Inland Revenue.
Supply to Inland Revenue for purposes of contributions, etc. of information held by Department or Secretary of State.
Supply of information held by tax authorities for fraud prevention and verification.
Supply of information by Inland Revenue for purposes of contributions.
Disclosure of contributions, etc. information by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs .
Supply of other government information for fraud prevention and verification.
Supply of information to the Housing Executive.
Supply of information by the Housing Executive.
Supply of tax information to assess certain employment or training schemes
Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons.
Regulations as to notification of deaths.
Personal representatives to give information about the estate of a deceased person who was in receipt of income support or supplementary benefit.
Power to require information from landlords and agents.
Information for purposes of housing benefit.
Disclosure by the Department for purpose of determination of period of entitlement to statutory sick pay.
Duties of employers - statutory sick pay and claims for other benefits.
Disclosure by the Department for purpose of determination of period of entitlement to statutory maternity pay.
Duties of employers - statutory maternity pay and claims for other benefits.
Furnishing of addresses for maintenance proceedings, etc.
Arrangements for housing benefit.
Housing benefit finance.
Claims etc.
Persons to report on administration.
Powers of investigation.
Reports.
Directions.
Directions: variations and revocation
Information about attainment of standards.
Financing of other expenditure.
Enforcement notices.
Enforcement determinations.
Enforcement determinations: supplementary.
Amendments following alterations in Great Britain.
Revaluation of earnings factors.
Revaluation of low earnings threshold
Revaluation of flat rate accrual amount
Revaluation for transitional pensions under Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
Revaluation of new state scheme pension debits and credits
Statutory sick pay - power to alter limit for small employers’ relief.
Annual up-rating of benefits.
Annual up-rating of basic pension etc. and standard minimum guarantee
Up-rating of transitional state pensions under Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
Rectification of mistakes in up-rating orders.
Social security benefits in respect of children.
Effect of alteration of rates of benefit under Parts II to V of Contributions and Benefits Act.
Power to anticipate pensions up-rating order.
Up-rating under section 132 of pensions increased under section 52(3) of Contributions and Benefits Act.
Effect of alteration of rates of child benefit.
Treatment of excess benefit as paid on account of child benefit.
Effect of alteration in the component rates of income support.
Effect of alteration of rates of a jobseeker’s allowance.
Effect of alterations affecting state pension credit
Effect of alteration of rates of an employment and support allowance
Effect of alterations affecting universal credit
Effect of alteration of rates of personal independence payment
Implementation of increases in income support due to attainment of particular ages.
Implementation of increases in income-based jobseeker’s allowance due to attainment of particular ages.
Implementation of increases in employment and support allowance due to attainment of particular ages
National Insurance Fund.
Destination of contributions.
General financial arrangements.
Destination of repayments, etc.
Adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated Fund.
The social fund.
Allocations from social fund.
Adjustments between social fund and other sources of finance.
Functions of Social Security Advisory Committee in relation to legislation and regulations.
Cases in which consultation with Committee is not required.
Committee’s report on regulations and Department’s duties.
The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board.
Co-ordination with Great Britain.
Reciprocal arrangements with Great Britain - income-related benefits and child benefit.
Reciprocal agreements with countries outside the United Kingdom.
Exchange of information with overseas authorities
Payment of travelling expenses by Department.
Payment of travelling expenses by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Impersonation of officers.
Illegal possession of documents.
Return of social security post.
Requirement to supply information about redirection of post.
Requirement to apply for national insurance number.
Research on industrial injuries, etc.
Control of pneumoconiosis.
Administration of workmen’s compensation etc.
Application of provisions of Act to supplementary benefit, etc.
Certain benefit to be inalienable.
Exemption from stamp duty.
Regulations and orders - general.
Assembly, etc. control of orders and regulations.
Interpretation.
Short title, commencement and extent.
A civil servant in— (a) the Department; (b) the Department...
A member, officer or employee of the Housing Executive.
A person authorised to exercise any function of the Housing...
A person authorised under section 128A(1) of this Act to...
The Chief Adjudication Officer.
An adjudication officer.
The clerk to, or other officer or member of the...
The social fund Commissioner.
A social fund officer.
A social fund inspector.
A member of any staff employed in connection with the...
The discretionary support Commissioner.
A discretionary support inspector.
A member of any staff appointed under Article 136(3)(b) of...
An officer or other member of the staff of— (a)...
A benefit officer.
An insurance officer.
A supplement officer.
A Chief Adjudication Officer.
An adjudication officer.
A social fund officer.
The social fund Commissioner.
A social fund inspector.
A member of any staff employed in connection with the...
A clerk to, or other officer or member of the...
A member of, or an officer or servant of, the...
Note:
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