# The Health and Social Security Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984, 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 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1302/schedule (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-security-act-1984-commencement-no-1-order-1984/schedule Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.