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1984 No. 1302 (C.27)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND SOCIAL SECURITY

PENSIONS

The Health and Social Security Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984

Made

15th August 1984

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 27(1) of and paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984 and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following order:-

Citation

1. This order may be cited as the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984.

Days appointed for the coming into force of certain provisions of the Act

2. The day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (hereinafter called "the Act") which is specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order is the date specified in column (3) of that Schedule in relation to that provision.

Days appointed for the coming into force of section 11 of and Schedule 4 to the Act

3.-(1) The days appointed for the coming into force of section 11 of and Schedule 4 to the Act (severe disablement allowance) are the days specified in paragraphs (2) to (4) of this Article.

(2) For the purposes of the making of claims for, and the determination of claims and questions relating to, severe disablement allowance, the day appointed is 10th September 1984.

(3) For the purposes of Part II of Schedule 4 to the Act (transitional provisions), and of section 11(2) so far as it relates to that Part, the day appointed is 29th November 1984.

(4) For all purposes other than those referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Article, the day appointed is-

(a)29th November 1984 in relation to-

(i)persons aged 50 or over on that day,

(ii)persons born after 29th November 1949, and

(iii)any person who, but for the provisions of paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Act, would be entitled to a non-contributory invalidity pension for a day which is not separated by a period of more than eight weeks from a day for which he was in fact so entitled;

(b)the day on which he attains the age of 50 in relation to any other person who attains that age in the period beginning with 30th November 1984 and ending with 27th November 1985; and

Norman Fowler

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

15th August 1984

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Provision of the Act	Subject Matter	Date of Coming into Force
(1)	(2)	(3)
Section 1(1)	Supply etc of optical appliances	1st October 1984
Section 1(2)	Rules as to optical practice	16th August 1984
Section 1(4) and (5) (except paragraph (a))	Choice of optician to supply appliances	1st April 1985
Section 2	Fitting etc of contact lenses	1st April 1985
Sections 3 and 4 and Schedule 2	Use of titles and disciplinary provisions	1st November 1984
Section 5(1) and (5) to (8), paragraphs 1, 7(b)(ii) and (c) and 12 of Schedule 3 and section 5(4) so far as it relates to those paragraphs	Family Practitioner Committees	26th September 1984
Section 5(2) and (3), paragraphs 2 to 6, 7(a) and (b)(i), 8 to 11 and 13 to 17 of Schedule 3 and section 5(4) so far as it relates to those paragraphs		1st April 1985
In section 6-	Finance in National Health Service
subsections (1) and (3)		26th September 1984
subsection (2)		1st April 1985
Section 12	Pension increase in respect of husbands	26th November 1984
Paragraphs 1, 2(b), 3(b) and (c), 4 and 7 of Schedule 5, and section 13 so far as it relates to those paragraphs	Dependent children	26th November 1984
Paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 5, and section 13 so far as it relates to those paragraphs		28th November 1984
Paragraphs 2(a), 3(a) and 8 of Schedule 5, and section 13 so far as it relates to those paragraphs		29th November 1984
Section 14	Earnings to include occupational pensions for purposes of benefits	26th November 1984
Section 17	Late paid Class 2 contributions	6th April 1985
Section 18(3)	Class 3 contributions	6th April 1985
Section 20 and Schedule 6	Protection of pensions	1st January 1985
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7, and section 21 so far as it relates to those paragraphs	Miscellaneous social security amendments	26th November 1984
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 7, and section 21 so far as it relates to that paragraph		6th April 1985
The following repeals in Schedule 8, and section 24 so far as it relates to those repeals-	Repeals
the repeal of words in section 13(3) of the Opticians Act 1958		1st November 1984
the repeal of words in Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971		1st April 1985
the repeal of words in sections 12(b), 15(1) and (2), 39(c) and 98(2) of, and paragraphs 9(1) to (3) and 10 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977		1st April 1985
the repeal of words in sections 45(2) and (3) and 97(1)(a) and (c) and (2) of that Act		26th September 1984
the repeal of words in section 26(2)(c) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978		1st April 1985
the repeal of words in section 85(1) of that Act		26th September 1984
the repeals relating to sections 1(6) and 2 of, and paragraphs 35, 37, 56, 57, 69, 77(b), 82(2) and (3), 87 and 89 to 98 of Schedule 1 to, the Health Services Act 1980		1st April 1985
the repeal of section 18 of, and paragraphs 30, 79, 88 and 99 of Schedule 1 to, that Act		26th September 1984
the repeal of words in section 12(1)(d) of, section 41(2)(d) and (3) of, and an entry in paragraph 3 of Part IV of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security Act 1975		26th November 1984
the repeal of section 57(2) of, and entries in paragraph 1(a) and (c) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to, that Act		29th November 1984
the repeal of words in section 4(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975		6th April 1985
the repeal of paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 to the Child Benefit Act 1975		28th November 1984
the repeal of words in section 22(2) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977		29th November 1984
the repeal of section 3(5) of the Social Security Act 1980		26th September 1984
the repeal of paragraph 18(4) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982		29th November 1984

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation, on various dates in 1984 and 1985, all those provisions of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 which are not brought into operation by section 27 of the Act itself, except the provisions relating to professional remuneration in the National Health Service and some of the provisions relating to optical appliances and opticians in the National Health Service.