Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations
17. In regulation 7 of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (date from which a decision superseded under Article 11 takes effect)—
(a)for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(1) This regulation—
(a)is, except for paragraph (2)(b), subject to regulations 26 and 26A of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to, the Claims and Payments Regulations; and
(b)contains exceptions to the provisions of Article 11(5) as to the date from which a decision under Article 11 which supersedes an earlier decision is to take effect.”; and
(b)in paragraph (2)—
(i)for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a)from the date the change occurred or, where the change does not have effect until a later date, from the first date on which such effect occurs where—
(i)the decision is advantageous to the claimant, and
(ii)the change was notified to an appropriate office within one month of the change occurring or within such longer period as may be allowed under regulation 8 for the claimant’s failure to notify the change on an earlier date;”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (c) head (i) shall be omitted.