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Health and Social Security Act 1984

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Health

    1. Optical appliances

      1. 1.Supply etc. of optical appliances

      2. 2.Fitting etc. of contact lenses

    2. Other amendments of Opticians Act 1958

      1. 3.Taking and use of titles

      2. 4.Disciplinary provisions

    3. National Health Service

      1. 5.Family Practitioner Committees

      2. 6.Finance in National Health Service

      3. 7.Professional remuneration in National Health Service

      4. 8.Increase in borrowing powers of General Practice Finance Corporation

      5. 9.Holidays for patients etc.

    4. Treatment in European Economic Community

      1. 10.Reimbursement of cost of medical and maternity treatment in member States of European Economic Community

  3. PART II Social Security

    1. 11.Severe disablement allowance

    2. 12.Pension increase in respect of husbands

    3. 13.Dependent children

    4. 14.Earnings to include occupational pensions for purposes of benefits in respect of dependants

    5. 15.Attendance allowance: daily entitlement

    6. 16.Constitution of panels for social security appeal tribunals

    7. 17.Late paid Class 2 contributions

    8. 18.Class 3 contributions

    9. 19.Accrued rights and entitlement to benefits under occupational pension schemes

    10. 20.Protection of pensions

    11. 21.Miscellaneous social security amendments

    12. 22.Regulations

  4. PART III Supplementary

    1. 23.Expenses

    2. 24.Repeals

    3. 25.Northern Ireland

    4. 26.Extent

    5. 27.Commencement

    6. 28.Transitional

    7. 29.Citation

  5. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Optical Appliances

      1. PART I Amendments of National Health Service Act 1977

        1. 1.In section 39 of the National Health Service Act 1977...

        2. 2.In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to...

        3. 3.The following paragraph shall be inserted after that paragraph— (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of...

      2. PART II Amendments of National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978

        1. 1.In subsection (1) of section 26 (general ophthalmic services) of...

        2. 2.In subsection (2)(a) of the said section, for the words...

        3. 3.In subsection (2)(b), for the words " any ophthalmic optician...

        4. 4.In subsection (2)(d)— (a) for the words " ophthalmic opticians...

        5. 5.In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to...

        6. 6.In paragraph 2 of Schedule 11, in sub-paragraph (7), for...

        7. 7.The following paragraph shall be inserted after that paragraph— (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Disciplinary Provisions of Opticians Act 1958

      1. PART I New Sections

        1. 1.The following sections shall be inserted after section 10 of...

        2. 2.The following section shall be substituted for section 11— Powers...

      2. PART II Minor and Consequential Amendments

        1. 3.The Opticians Act 1958 shall also have effect subject to...

        2. 4.In subsection (1) of section 9 (preliminary investigations), for the...

        3. 5.(1) in subsection (1) of section 12 of that Act...

        4. 6.The following section shall be inserted after section 13— Service...

        5. 7.(1) In subsection (1) of section 14 (appeals), for the...

        6. 8.In subsection (2) of section 15 (procedure)—

        7. 9.In subsection (3) of section 23 (death or bankruptcy of...

        8. 10.In section 24 (offences by bodies corporate), for the words...

        9. 11.In subsection (1) of section 27 (expenses and accounts of...

        10. 12.In subsection (1) of section 29 (powers of Privy Council),...

        11. 13.In subsection (1) of section 30— (a) the following definition...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Family Practitioner Committees

      1. 1.The National Health Service Act 1977 shall have effect subject...

      2. 2.The following section shall be substituted for section 17— Directions...

      3. 3.In section 22 (co-operation between health authorities and local authorities)—...

      4. 4.The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1) of...

      5. 5.(1) Section 36 (regulations as to arrangements for general dental...

      6. 6.In subsection (1) of section 44 (recognition of local representative...

      7. 7.In section 45 (functions of local representative committees)—

      8. 8.The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (i) of...

      9. 9.In section 97 (means of meeting expenditure of health authorities...

      10. 10.The following section shall be inserted after section 97A— Financial...

      11. 11.In section 128(1) (interpretation and construction) the following definition shall...

      12. 12.For Part II of Schedule 5 there shall be substituted...

      13. 13.In paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 (pay and allowances of...

      14. 14.In paragraph 10(1) of that Schedule (employment of officers by...

      15. 15.The following sub-paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph 2(d) to...

      16. 16.In paragraph 3(d) of that Schedule, for the words "Area...

      17. 17.The following paragraph shall be added at the end of...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Severe Disablement Allowance

      1. PART I Consequential Amendments

        1. Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 (c.41)

          1. 1.In section 2(1) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act...

        2. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c.10)

          1. 2.In section 219(1)(a) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act...

        3. Social Security Act 1975 (c.14)

          1. 3.In the following provisions of the Social Security Act 1975—...

          2. 4.At the end of each of the following provisions of...

          3. 5.In section 108(1) of that Act— (a) after the words...

          4. 6.At the end of section 108(2) of that Act there...

          5. 7.In section 109(1) of that Act after the words "...

          6. 8.In section 110 of that Act— (a) in subsection (6),...

          7. 9.In section 112(1)(b) of that Act after the words "...

          8. 10.In Schedule 8 to that Act— (a) in paragraph 1—...

          9. 11.In Schedule 20 to that Act— (a) the following entry...

        4. Child Benefit Act 1975 (c.61)

          1. 12.In section 17(5) and (6) of the Child Benefit Act...

          2. 13.In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act, for...

        5. Pensioners' Payments and Social Security Act 1979 (c. 48)

          1. 14.In section 2(1)(a) of the Pensioners' Payments and Social Security...

        6. Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24)

          1. 15.In the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982—

      2. PART II Transitional

        1. 16.Without prejudice to the generality of section 27 above, different...

        2. 17.Without prejudice to the generality of section 28 above, regulations...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Dependent Children

      1. 1.The Social Security Act 1975 and the Industrial Injuries and...

      2. 2.In section 12(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 (description...

      3. 3.In section 41 of that Act (increases in benefits payable...

      4. 4.In section 64 of that Act (increases in disablement pension...

      5. 5.The following section shall be substituted for section 70 of...

      6. 6.The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 15 of...

      7. 7.In Schedule 20 to that Act— (a) in the definition...

      8. 8.In the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975—...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Protection of Pensions

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Miscellaneous Social Security Amendments

      1. Social Security Act 1975 (c.14)

        1. 1.In subsection (2) of section 48 of the Social Security...

        2. 2.In Schedule 20 to that Act (glossary of expressions) the...

      2. Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c.60)

        1. 3.In section 4(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975...

        2. 4.The following subsection shall be inserted after section 43(2) of...

        3. 5.In section 66(1) of that Act (interpretation)—

      3. Social Security Act 1980 (c.30)

        1. 6.In section 9(7) of the Social Security Act 1980 (definition...

      4. Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c.24)

        1. 7.In section 4(2) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits...

        2. 8.The following section shall be inserted after section 23 of...

      5. Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41)

        1. 9.In Schedule 8 to the Health and Social Services and...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Repeals

      1. PART I Health

      2. PART II Social Security

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