6(1)In section 100 of the principal Act (appeal to social security appeal tribunal) there shall be added at the end—
“(8)In any case where—
(a)an adjudication officer has decided any claim or question under Chapter IV or V of Part II of this Act, and
(b)the right to benefit under those Chapters of any person other than the claimant is or may be, under Schedule 9 to this Act, affected by that decision,
that other person shall have the like right of appeal to a social security appeal tribunal as the claimant.
(9)Subsection (2) above shall apply to a person with a right of appeal under subsection (7) or (8) above as it applies to a claimant.”
(2)In section 101 of that Act, in subsection (2) (persons at whose instance an appeal lies from a social security appeal tribunal to a Commissioner on a point of law) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (b)—
“(bb)in a case relating to industrial injuries benefit, a person whose right to benefit is or may be, under Schedule 9 to this Act, affected by the decision appealed against;”.
(3)In subsection (3) of that section, in paragraph (c) (appeal at the instance of a trade union where the claimant was a member of the union) after the words “the claimant” there shall be inserted the words “or, in relation to industrial death benefit, the deceased”.
(4)The amendments made by this paragraph shall be deemed to have come into force on the day on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the [1988 c. 7.] Social Security Act 1988 came into force.