Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24)

SCHEDULES

Section 19.

SCHEDULE 2 Persons Employed in Social Security Administration or Adjudication

Part I The Specified Persons

Government departments

A civil servant in—

(a) the Department of Social Security;

(b) the Department of Employment;

(c) the Lord Chancellor’s Department.

The Inland Revenue

A member or officer of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

Adjudication officers

• The Chief Adjudication Officer.

• An adjudication officer.

Adjudicating bodies

The clerk to, or other officer or member of the staff of, any of the following bodies—

(a) a social security appeal tribunal;

(b) the Attendance Allowance Board;

(c) a medical appeal tribunal;

(d) a vaccine damage tribunal;

(e) a Pensions Appeal Tribunal constituted under the [1943 c. 39.] Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.

The Occupational Pensions Board

• The chairman or deputy chairman of the Occupational Pensions Board.

• A member of that Board.

• A member of the staff of that Board.

The Social Fund

• The Social Fund Commissioner.

• A social fund officer.

• A social fund inspector.

• A member of any staff employed in connection with the Social Fund.

Former statutory bodies and officers

• An officer or other member of the staff of—

  (a)

  the former Supplementary Benefits Commission;

  (b)

  the former National Assistance Board.

• A benefit officer.

• An insurance officer.

Part II Construction of References to Government Departments Etc

1 (1) The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the Department of Social Security includes a reference to—

(a) the former Department of Health and Social Security,

(b) the former Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance,

(c) the former Ministry of Social Security, and

(d) any other former government department,

but, in the case of paragraphs (a) and (d) above, only to the extent that the functions carried out in the former department related to social security or to occupational or personal pension schemes or to war pensions.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above—

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 66(1) of the Pensions Act;

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 84(1) of the 1986 Act; and

• “war pension” has the meaning given by section 25(4) of this Act.

2 The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the Department of Employment is a reference to that Department only to the extent that the functions carried out in it relate to unemployment benefit or income support or related to the former supplementary benefit.

3 The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the Lord Chancellor’s Department is a reference to that Department only to the extent that the functions carried out relate to functions of the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner.

4 The reference in Part I of this Schedule to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue is a reference to those Commissioners only to the extent that the functions carried out by them or any officer of theirs relate to—

(a) any of the following aspects of social security—

(i) National Insurance contributions,

(ii) statutory sick pay,

(iii) statutory maternity pay, or

(b) the tax treatment of occupational or personal pension schemes, as defined in paragraph 1(2) above.