National Insurance Act 1965

National Insurance Act 1965
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the National Insurance Acts 1946 to 1964, certain provisions made by statutory instrument thereunder, and certain related enactments.
Citation1965 c. 51
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent5 August 1965
Commencement6 September 1965
Repealed6 April 1975
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Revoked instruments
Amended by
Repealed bySocial Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The National Insurance Act 1965 (c. 51) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the National Insurance Acts 1946 to 1964 and certain related enactments, in their application to Great Britain.

The companion National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 consolidated the corresponding legislation relating to industrial injuries.

The National Insurance Acts 1946 to 1964 consolidated by this act were repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965, which came into force on the same day as this act.

Provisions

Revoked instruments

Section 116(1) of the act revoked 17 instruments, listed in the schedule 12 to the act.

Citation Title Extent of revocation
SI 1948/1041 National Insurance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1948 In Schedule 2 (as included by virtue of the National Insurance (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1952 (SI 1952/1207)), paragraph 2 of Part II.
SI 1948/1144 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Regulations 1948 Regulation 2, regulation 3(3) so far as it relates to the appointment of persons to hold inquiries and report thereon, and regulations 4(1), (2) and (4), 4(3) from the beginning to "High Court and", 5 to 11, 15, 16(5), (5A) and (5B), 18 and 23.
SI 1948/1274 National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Collection of Contributions) Regulations 1948 Regulation 7.
SI 1948/1278 National Insurance (General Benefit) Regulations 1948 Regulation 8(3).
SI 1948/1417 National Insurance (Contributions) Regulations 1948 Regulation 19.
SI 1951/1208 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Amendment Regulations 1951 The whole regulations.
SI 1954/189 National Insurance (Maternity Benefit and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1954 Regulations 12 and 19(3).
SI 1955/1788 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Amendment Regulations 1955 The whole regulations.
SI 1957/578 National Insurance (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1957 Regulation 2(2).
SI 1957/1357 National Insurance (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1957 Regulation 3.
SI 1958/701 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Amendment Regulations 1958 Regulation 3 and Schedule 1.
SI 1959/847 National Insurance (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1959 Regulation 11.
SI 1959/848 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Amendment Regulations 1959 Regulation 3.
SI 1959/1154 National Insurance (Determination of Claims and Questions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1959 Regulations 3 to 6 and Schedules 1 to 3.
SI 1959/1157 Family Allowances (Determination of Claims and Questions) Regulations 1959 Regulations 2(2) and 3(1) and so much of the Schedule as reproduces any of the regulations revoked by virtue of paragraph 2 of the twelfth schedule to the act.
SI 1960/1210 National Insurance (Graduated Contributions and Non-participating Employments—Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1960 Regulations 10 and 14(2).
SI 1961/557 National Insurance (Graduated Retirement Benefit and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1961 In Schedule 2, paragraph 1 of Part II.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1(2) of, and part I of schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975, which came into force on 6 April 1975.

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 118(1).
  2. ↑ Section 118(2).
  3. ↑ Section 118(3). The National Insurance Act 1965 (Commencement) Order 1965 (SI 1965/1650)

References

  1. ↑ "[R]National Insurance Act 1965 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1965 c. 52
  3. ↑ "Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1965 c. 55
  4. ↑ "National Insurance Act 1965", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1965 c. 51
  5. ↑ "Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1975 c. 18