Supplementary Benefits Act 1976
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to supplementary benefit in Great Britain.[1]
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Supplementary Benefit Acts 1966 to 1975 and related enactments.
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent15 November 1976
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Supplementary Benefit Acts 1966 to 1975 and related enactments. |
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| Citation | 1976 c. 71 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 November 1976 |
| Commencement | 15 November 1976[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
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Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 35(3) of the act repealed 21 enactments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 8 to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 c. 20 | Supplementary Benefit Act 1966 (The Ministry of Social Security Act 1966). | The whole act so far as unrepealed. |
| 1969 c. 44 | National Insurance Act 1969 | In section 8(2), paragraph (f). |
| 1970 c. 42 | Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 | In Schedule 1, the entry relating to Schedule 4 to the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966. |
| 1970 c. 55 | Family Income Supplements Act 1970 | Section 13(1). |
| 1971 c. 73 | Social Security Act 1971 | The whole act so far as unrepealed. |
| 1972 c. 46 | Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 | In Schedule 9, paragraphs 4 to 6. |
| 1972 c. 47 | Housing Finance Act 1972 | In Schedule 9, paragraphs 4 to 6. |
| 1972 c. 49 | Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972 | In section 1, subsection (4)(b). In section 3(3), the words "section 24(8) of the said Act of 1966". |
| 1972 c. 70 | Local Government Act 1972 | In Schedule 23, paragraph 14. |
| 1973 c. 38 | Social Security Act 1973 | In section 99, subsection (18). In Schedule 27, paragraph 67. |
| 1973 c. 42 | National Insurance and Supplementary Benefit Act 1973 | Sections 6 and 7. In section 9, subsections (3) and (6). |
| Schedule 4 so far as unrepealed. | ||
| 1973 c. 65 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 | In Schedule 9, paragraph 64. In Schedule 27, paragraph 162. |
| 1974 c. 7 | Local Government Act 1974 | In section 14, subsection (4). |
| 1974 c. 14 | National Insurance Act 1974 | In section 8, subsection (5). |
| 1975 c. 11 | Social Security Benefits Act 1975 | Section 11. |
| Schedule 3. | ||
| 1975 c. 18 | Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 24 to 31. |
| 1975 c. 61 | Child Benefit Act 1975 | Section 19 and in section 21(5), the words from the beginning of the subsection to the words "under section 16 above; and". |
| 1976 c. 56 | Supplementary Benefit (Amendment) Act 1976 | The whole act. |
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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| 1975 c. 60 | Social Security Pensions Act 1975 | In Schedule 4, paragraph 9(a). |
| In Schedule 4, paragraphs 7 and 8 and paragraph 9(b) and (c). | ||
| 1975 c. 61 | Child Benefit Act 1975 | In Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 2 and 7. |
| 1975 c. 71 | Employment Protection Act 1975 | In section 111, subsection (2). |
Subsequent developments
Sections 1 to 21, sections 24 to 27, and other provisions of the act were repealed by section 86(2) of, and schedule 11 to, the Social Security Act 1986, which came into force on 11 April 1988.[d][3] Section 30 was later repealed by section 30(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, which came into force on 1 April 1996.[e][4]
Notes
- Section 36(1).
- Section 36(2). Sections 27 (including Schedule 3), 34(1), 34(2), 35 and 36, paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 6, paragraphs 7 to 13 of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 (in part) also extend to Northern Ireland.
- Section 36(3).