Catalogue description Ministry of Health and successors: Superannuation and Compensation, Registered Files (91451-91459 Series)

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Reference: HLG 33
Title: Ministry of Health and successors: Superannuation and Compensation, Registered Files (91451-91459 Series)
Description:

Policy files of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and successor departments dealing with superannuation schemes established under the Poor Law Officers Superannuation Act 1896, the Local Government and Other Officers Superannuation Act 1922 and subsequent legislation. The series also includes files concerning staff compensation questions arising from loss of office.
Date: 1939-1979
Arrangement:

In file number order under the heads under which they were registered.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 91451-91459 file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Health, 1919-1968

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970

Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
Physical description: 153 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

The Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act 1896 first gave statutory powers for the setting up of schemes in Poor Law Unions. Some local authorities had previously set up superannuation schemes under local act powers. The Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Act 1922 enabled local authorities and combinations of local authorities to adopt the Act subject to the Minister's approval in order to establish superannuation schemes.

Since then legislation has been amended and modified under various subsequent Acts including:-

The Widow's Orphan's and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925

The Rating and Valuation Act 1925

The Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Superannuation Acts 1937 and 1939

The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948

The Local Government Superannuation Act 1953

The Local Government Act 1958

The Pensions (Increase) Act 1959

The National Insurance Act 1959

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