Act: transitional provision made (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 2, 5, 7(2), Sch. 3
Act: power to modify conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4),
Act modified (4.7.1994) by The Social Security (Cyprus) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1646), arts. 1, 2
Act modified (2.11.1994) by The Social Security (Jersey and Guernsey) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2802), arts. 1, 2
Act: power to modify conferred (12.12.1995) by Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), s. 41(2), Sch. 1 para. 18; S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.
Act: power to modify conferred (1.6.1996 for specified purposes; 6.4.1997 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), ss. 149(2), 180(1); S.I. 1996/778, art. 2(6); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2
Act modified (19.7.1995) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 1
Act modified (13.4.1995) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/767), art. 2,
Act modified (1.12.1995) by The Social Security (Canada) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2699), art. 2, Sch. 1 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/349, arts. 1(2), 3(2) (with art. 2))
Act modified (1.9.1996) by The Social Security (Malta) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1927), art. 2, Sch.
Act modified (7.10.1996) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1928), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
Act modified (1.4.1997) by The Social Security (Jamaica) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/871), art. 2, Schs. 1, 2
Act modified (1.9.1997) by The Social Security (United States of America) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1778), art. 2, Schs. 1, 2
Act modified (8.9.1998) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), ss. 2(1)(2)(c), 87(2); S.I. 1998/2209, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. 1
Act: decision-making functions transferred (5.7.1999 for specified purposes, 6.9.1999 for specified purposes, 5.10.1999 for specified purposes, 18.10.1999 for specified purposes, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 8; S.I. 1999/1958, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 (with
Act modified (1.9.1999) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2227), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
Act modified (1.4.1998) by The Social Security (Contributions and Industrial Injuries) (Canada) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/263), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
Act: certain functions transferred (5.10.1999) by Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), s. 20(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 7(b)
Act modified (E.W.S.) (1.9.1999) by The Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2225), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
Act: power to amend conferred (2.12.1999) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 87 (with s. 100, Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
Act modified (1.8.2000) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Republic of Korea) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1823), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
Act modified (15.11.2000) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Japan) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3063), art. 2, Sch.
Act modified (9.4.2001) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/407), art. 2
Act excluded (1.6.2007) by The Transfer of State Pensions and Benefits Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1398), regs. 1(1), 8(3)
Act: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 49, 50(2)(b)(2)(g), 61 (with ss. 52, 54); S.I. 2003/392, art. 2
Act modified (5.12.2005) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2765), arts. 1, 2
Act modified (1.3.2007) by The Social Security Investigation Powers (Arrangements with Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/271), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(3)
Act modified (1.6.2007) by The Social Security (Netherlands) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/631), art. 2, Sch.
Act modified (1.10.2007) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2122), art. 2
Act applied (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), reg. 16(2)(c), Sch. 2
Act modified (22.2.2012) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/360), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Austria) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3209), art. 2
Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Finland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3210), art. 2
Act modified (31.12.1992) by The Social Security (Iceland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3211), arts. 1, 2
Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3212), art. 2
Act modified (3.12.1992) by The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3213), art. 2
Act: certain functions transferred (25.2.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 for specified purposes, 6.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 8 (with ss. 9, 15); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b)(c), Schs. 2, 3 (with
Act extended (11.11.1999) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 79(9), 89(4)(d)
Act modified by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 3B(2) (as inserted (28.7.2000) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 77(2), 86)
Act modified (24.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/983), art. 22 (as amended (16.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1452, arts. 3, 14)
Act modified (1.6.2015) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Republic of Chile) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/828), arts. 1, 2(a)
Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/157), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/158), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
Act modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(a), Sch.
Act modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/159), arts. 1, 2,
Act applied (with modifications) (27.11.2016 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1050), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
Act modified (24.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/677), regs. 1, 2, Sch.
Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/622), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Act modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1597), arts. 1, 2(1)(2), Sch. (with art. 2(3))
Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1088),
Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1060), art. 2, Sch.
Act modified (S.) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/62), art. 2
Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/149), art. 2
Editorial note: The first revised version of this Act is derived from a consolidated version maintained by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and has a basedate of 1.1.2014. This means that the first available point in time version for the Act is 1.1.2014 and includes all amendments made prior to 2014. There are no historical versions of this Act between the original “as enacted” version made in 1992 and the basedate. For further details of earlier superseded amendments, see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources' above
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—