# Social Security Pensions Act 1975, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to provide for relating the rates of social security retirement pensions and certain other benefits to the earnings on which contributions have been paid; to enable employed earners to be contracted-out of full social security contributions and benefits where the requisite benefits are provided by an occupational pension scheme; to make provision for securing that men and women are afforded equal access to occupational pension schemes; and to make other amendments in the law relating to social security (including an amendment of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975 introducing a new non-contributory benefit called “mobility allowance”); and to make other provision about occupational pensions.
[7th August 1975]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/60/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-act-1975/introduction
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