Series
Catalogue reference: HLG 33
HLG 33
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...
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.
In file number order under the heads under which they were registered.
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
Ministry of Health and successors: Superannuation and Compensation, Registered Files (91451-91459 Series)
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