PART IIDECISIONS AND APPEALS

C1C2C3C4C5CHAPTER IISOCIAL SECURITY DECISIONS AND APPEALS

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 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

C2

Pt. 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

C3

Pt. 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)

Supplemental

Interpretation, etc. of Chapter II39 F1

F2F31 F4

In this Chapter—

  • “appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I;

  • F5“claimant”, in relation to a joint‐claim couple claiming a joint‐claim jobseeker's allowance (within the meaning of Jobseekers Order), means the couple or either member of the couple;

  • F6“Inland Revenue” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

  • “relevant benefit” has the meaning given by Article 9(3).

  • F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 F4

Expressions used in this Chapter to which a meaning is assigned by section 167(1) of the Administration Act have that meaning in this Chapter.

3 F4

Part II of the Administration Act (except sections 22 and 50 of that Act), which is superseded by the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, shall cease to have effect.

4

References in any statutory provision to this Chapter include (where appropriate) references to section 22 of the Administration Act.