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# National Insurance Act 1974

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

National Insurance Act 1974
1974 c.14
An Act to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Acts 1965 to 1973, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts 1965 to 1973 and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Acts 1967 to 1973 as to the rate or amount of benefit and contributions; to amend section 39 of the Social Security Act 1973 and to make minor amendments of certain other enactments relating to social security; and for purposes connected with those matters.
[13th May 1974]

## 1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5}



## 6 Minor supplementary provisions and amendments of certain social security enactments {#section-6}

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (which are amendments in connection with the consolidation of enactments relating to social security and other minor amendments).

## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 †Citation, construction, commencement, repeals and extent. {#section-8}

(1) This Act may be cited as the National Insurance Act 1974.
(2)–(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) The following provisions only of this Act extend to Northern Ireland, namely—
(a) subsections (1) and (3) of section 6, so far as those subsections relate to a decision or record of a decision given with respect to any question arising under or in connection with the Social Security Act 1973 . . . , and subsections (4) and (5) of that section;
(b) this section . . . ;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;
(d) Schedules 4 to 6 so far as they relate to enactments which extend to Northern Ireland . . .

## SCHEDULE 1 . . . {#schedule-1}



## SCHEDULE 2 . . . {#schedule-2}



## SCHEDULE 3 . . . {#schedule-3}



## SCHEDULE 4 {#schedule-4}

Part I
1–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part II
42–56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## SCHEDULES 5, 6 . . . {#schedule-5}