The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Other persons with a right of appeal

48.  In addition to the claimant, but subject to regulation 7 (consideration of revision before appeal), the following persons have the right of appeal under Article 13(2) of the 1998 Order(1)—

(a) any person appointed by the Department under regulation 51 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (payments on death) to proceed with the claim of a person who claimed benefit and subsequently died;

(b) any person appointed by the Department under regulation 52 of those Regulations (persons unable to act) to act on behalf of another;

(c) any person claiming personal independence payment on behalf of another under Article 87(5) of the 2015 Order (terminal illness); and

(d) in the case of a decision under section 69ZB, 69ZG or 69ZH of the Administration Act to recover any amount paid by way of benefit, any person from whom such an amount is recoverable, but only if that person’s rights, duties or obligations are affected by that decision.

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Article 13(2) was substituted by paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and amended by Article 107(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.