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F1Sch. 1 para. 46 repealed (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)
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F2Sch. 1 para. 47 repealed (7.10.1996) by 1995 c. 18, s. 41(5), Sch. 3 and expressed to be repealed (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)
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F3Sch. 1 para. 48 repealed (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)
49In section 130 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (duties of employers: statutory sick pay and claims for other benefits), in subsection (1) (claims for purposes of which information may be required)—E+W+S
(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)short-term incapacity benefit;”; and
(b)for paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c) long-term incapacity benefit;”.
50In section 132 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (duties of employers: statutory maternity pay and claims for other benefits), in subsection (1) (claims for purposes of which information may be required)—E+W+S
(a)in paragraph (b) for “sickness benefit" substitute “ short-term incapacity benefit ”; and
(b)in paragraph (c) for “invalidity pension under section 33" substitute “ long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A ”.
51In section 170 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Social Security Advisory Committee) in the definition of “relevant enactments" in subsection (5), for “and this Act" substitute “ , this Act and the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 ”.E+W+S
52In section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (interpretation: general), omit the definition of “invalidity benefit".E+W+S
53In Schedule 2 to the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (supplementary provisions with respect to tribunals, &c.), in paragraph 7(2) (persons to whom remuneration and travelling and other allowances may be paid), after paragraph (a) insert—E+W+S
“(aa)a person appointed as medical assessor to a social security appeal tribunal under regulations under section 61A(4) above; and”.
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