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| Name: | Social Security Act 1989 (Chapter 24) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s): | Social security (general standards); Equality of opportunity and treatment; Old-age, invalidity and survivors benefit |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1989-07-21 |
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| Published on: | Printed separately, p. 81 |
| ISN: | GBR-1989-L-8391 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=8391&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Printed separately, p. 81 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Amends the law relating to social security and occupational and personal pension schemes; makes provision with respect to certain employment-related benefit schemes; and provides for the recovery, out of certain compensation payments, of amounts determined by reference to payments of benefit. Section 5 concerns liability to maintain children, sections 6 to 12 - benefits under the principal Act including requalification and disqualification of unemployment benefit, sections 13 to 16 - income-related benefits, sections 17 to 18 - up-rating, and sections 19 to 21 - information and adjudication. Section 23 provides for equal treatment for men and women with respect to occupational and personal pensions. Schedule 9 indicates repeals. |
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