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SOCIAL SERVICES (PARITY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971

SOCIAL SERVICES (PARITY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make provision for maintaining certain social services
generally in parity with Great Britain and for connected purposes.
[8th June 1971]
Provision for making changes affecting certain social services in
Northern Ireland to correspond with changes affecting comparable
services in Great Britain.

SOCIAL SERVICES (PARITY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 1

1.(1) Where it appears to either House of Parliament that a change
is contemplated in the law of Great Britain relating to any benefit
or contribution payable under, or other matter dealt with by or
under, any of the enactments mentioned in Schedule 1, that House
may resolve that a change corresponding to any change that may be
enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with such
modifications, if any, as are authorised by the resolution, should
be made in the law of Northern Ireland by Order in Council made
under the succeeding provisions of this section.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), where a resolution under subsection
(1) has been passed by one House of Parliament and the other House
also passes a resolution to the like effect the Governor may by
Order in Council make provision for the purposes of securing that
there are made in the law of Northern Ireland such changes as
appear necessary or expedient to give effect to those resolutions.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), an Order
in Council under this section may contain such incidental,
consequential, supplemental and transitional provisions as may be
necessary or expedient to give effect to the Order or in
consequence of any change in the law effected or to be effected by
or under the Order, including in particular

(a)provisions

(i)authorising the making of an order or orders appointing the day
or days (whether before or after the day on which the Order in
Council is made) with effect from which the Order in Council or
any provision thereof is to come into operation; or

(ii)authorising the making of orders or regulations (which orders or
regulations may provide that they shall come into force with effect
from such day or days before the making of the Order in Council
or the day on which they are made, but not before the day
appointed under sub-paragraph (i) for the coming into operation of
the provision of the Order in Council under which they are made,
as may be provided in them, and shall require to be subject to
such control by Parliament as may be specified in the Order in
Council) for such purposes as are specified in the Order in
Council; and

(b)such provisions for the modification, application, adaptation or
repeal or revocation of transferred provisions and statutory documents
and for administration and enforcement as are specified in the Order
in Council.

(4) An Order in Council made under this section shall be laid
before Parliament after being made but shall (without prejudice to
the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of a new
Order) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six
months from the date on which it was made unless at some time
before the expiration of that period the Order has been approved by
a resolution of each House of Parliament.

SOCIAL SERVICES (PARITY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 2
Expenses.

2. [Subject to the provision made by section 129(5) of the Social
Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 [and by Article 73(1) of the
Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975] for
reimbursement out of the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund],
there may be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament any
increase attributable to the passing of this Act or to any Order
in Council made under this Act in the sums which would fall to be
so defrayed under any other transferred provision.

SOCIAL SERVICES (PARITY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 3
Amendments, interpretation and short title.

3.Subs.(1), with Schedule 2, effects amendments

(2) In this Act the expressions "transferred provision" and
"statutory document" have the meanings assigned to them in section 1
of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(3) This Act may be cited as the Social Services (Parity) Act
(Northern Ireland) 1971.

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The Family Allowances Acts 1965 to 1969.

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The Redundancy Payments Acts 1965 and 1969.

The Ministry of Social Security Act 1966.

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The Family Income Supplements Act 1970.

[The Social Security Act 1975.

The Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975.]

[The Social Security Pensions Act 1975.]

Any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (whether passed
before or after this Act) or any instrument made under any such
Act which amends, extends, re-enacts (with or without modification)
or repeals any of the above-mentioned Acts or any such Act of the
said Parliament or instrument as aforesaid.

Schedule 2Amendments