Social Security Act 1975

PART I Membership of Board and Method of discharging Functions

1 (1) Subject to the following sub-paragraph, the Board shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and not less than 4 nor more than 9 other members so appointed; and all except 2 of the members appointed in pursuance of this sub-paragraph must be, and those 2 or either of them may be, medical practitioners.

(2) The Secretary of State may appoint such persons as he considers are specially qualified for the purpose, whether medical practitioners or not, to be additional members of the Board ; but such a member shall not be entitled to act as a member of the Board in relation to any functions conferred on the Board otherwise than under section 140 of this Act.

2 The [1957 c. 20.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 shall continue with the Attendance Allowance Board included in Part II of Schedule 1 to that Act (bodies of which all members are disqualified for membership of the House of Commons) at the place where it was inserted in the Schedule by Schedule 2 to the [1970 c. 51.] National Insurance Act 1970.

3 The Board may appoint persons as advisers to the Board on matters on Which in the Board's opinion those persons are specially qualified.

4 The Board may refer any individual case for investigation and report to one or more persons specially qualified in the Board's opinion to investigate that case.

5 The Board may delegate any of their functions in respect of any individual case to one or more medical practitioners and any functions so delegated shall be exercised by the practitioners in accordance with any directions of the Board.