Example sentences of "the 1986 social [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , the 1986 Social Security Act froze the reduced earnings allowance ( previously called the special hardship allowance ) on retirement and offset it against earnings-related pension , thereby reducing the compensation for the impact of disablement on those over retirement age .
2 In particular , the 1986 Social Security Act and the Finance Act ( Number Two ) , 1987 , have introduced a more complex pension position .
3 Some attempts were made to provide specific aid with fuel costs by providing supplementary benefit recipients with a discount or rebate , but these were scrapped under the 1986 Social Security Act , so the problem remains a serious one for many elderly households .
4 Thus the 1986 Social Security Act followed the so-called Fowler Reviews , which had a restricted membership , took only limited evidence ( which was not reproduced in the final report ) and resulted in a Green Paper that largely became the 1986 Act .
5 The eventual outcome was the 1986 Social Security Act .
6 Readers will find a good example of legislation for which statutory instruments are important in the 1986 Social Security Act .
7 Until the implementation of the 1986 Social Security Act the largest group of local office staff was concerned with the administration of the supplementary benefits system , interpreting a complex system of rules largely without the use of new technology .
8 We can contrast , for example , the comparatively strict ways in which regulations under the 1986 Social Security Act instruct local authorities in the administration of housing rebates , with powers given ( originally in the 1963 Children and Young Persons Act , now in the 1980 Child Care Act ) to local authorities to make money payments , in exceptional circumstances to prevent children being taken into care , where no attempt has been made to prescribe how this should be done .
9 The 1986 Social Security Act extended the disqualification period from six to thirteen weeks and in April 1988 it was increased again to twenty-six weeks .
10 However , when income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988 under the 1986 Social Security Act , either partner was freely allowed to claim income support when both were unemployed .
11 Two of the measures enacted by the 1986 Social Security Act had a significant impact on women by reversing the main attempts of the 1975 scheme to begin , albeit very slowly , to adjust state pensions to the economic experiences of women .
12 Further changes introduced by the 1986 Social Security Act were intended to increase the numbers who contract out of the SERP scheme .
13 Combined with changes introduced earlier in the decade , the 1986 Social Security Act has worked to increase the financial responsibilities of parents on benefit and reduce their access to additional sources of financial support for expenses that they are unable to meet from their regular benefit .
14 In exploring these strategies , the section draws primarily on studies which pre-date April 1988 when the major changes introduced in the 1986 Social Security Act came into force .
15 Many welfare lobbyists and pressure groups are still struggling with the legacy of the Thatcher years , especially the Fowler reviews and the 1986 Social Security Act changes .
16 ( The 1980 Education Act and the 1986 Social Security Act each further restricted the supply of free milk . )
17 ( These powers and responsibilities were altered in the 1986 Social Security Act . )
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