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PART IIN.I.DECISIONS AND APPEALS

CHAPTER IIN.I.SOCIAL SECURITY DECISIONS AND APPEALS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) applied (1.7.2008 for certain purposes, otherwise 27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 18(2), 60(1); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 1

C2Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) modified (1.1.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 135(8), 170(3); S.I. 2008/3137, art. 2

C3Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) modified by 1992 c. 7, Sch. 4C para. 4 (as inserted (prosp.) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 81(5), 118(1), Sch. 2)

C6Pt. 2 Ch. 2 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (14.11.2016 for the purposes of the trial, 21.4.2017 in so far as not already in operation) by Childcare Payments Act 2014 (c. 28), ss. 59(4)(b), 75(2); S.I. 2016/1083, reg. 2(g); S.I. 2017/578, reg. 3(e)

C8Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending Order) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), arts. 1, 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C12Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Order) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), arts. 1(3), 2(2)(d)

DecisionsN.I.

Decisions superseding earlier decisionsN.I.

11 .F1F2F3(1) Subject to[F4 paragraph (3)] [F5and Article 36(3)], the following, namely—

(a)any decision of the Department under Article 9 or this Article, whether as originally made or as revised under Article 10; and

(b)any decision under this Chapter of an appeal tribunal or a Commissioner,

may be superseded by a decision made by the Department, either on an application made for the purpose or on the Department's own initiative.

(2) In making a decision under paragraph (1), the Department need not consider any issue that is not raised by the application or, as the case may be, did not cause the Department to act on its own initiative.

(3) Regulations may prescribe the cases and circumstances in which, and the procedure by which, a decision may be made under this Article.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6) and Article 27, a decision under this Article shall take effect as from the date on which it is made or, where applicable, the date on which the application was made.

(6) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases or circumstances, a decision under this Article shall take effect as from such other date as may be prescribed.

F1mod. by SR 1999/349, 350

F2mod. by SR 1999/225

F3prosp. in pt. certain functions transf. by 2002 c. 21

F4SI 1999/671