Pensions (Increase) Act 1947

Pensions (Increase) Act 1947[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise further increases under, and otherwise amend, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1944, and to continue that Act in force as amended; to authorise further increases under the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920; and to authorise increases in pensions to which that Act does not apply.
Citation10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 7
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent18 February 1947
Commencement18 February 1947[b]
Repealed1 September 1971
Other legislation
Amends
  • Pensions (Increase) Act 1920
  • Pensions (Increase) Act 1944
Amended by
Relates toPensions (Increase) Act 1971
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Pensions (Increase) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 7) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed during the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It substantially raised the benefit rates for pensioners.[1][2]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 18(1) of, and schedule 7 to, the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, which came into force on 1 September 1971.[3]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "State Pensioners (Rates)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 4 November 1948. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pensions Increases (Application)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 8 July 1947. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Pensions (Increase) Act 1971", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1971 c. 56
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