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These Regulations amend the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/991) (“the 1999 Regulations”). The 1999 Regulations supplement changes introduced by the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14) and provide for procedural rules and other requirements of a new unified appeals system introduced by the Act for social security, child support, contracting out of pensions and vaccine damage.
These Regulations amend the provisions setting out the legal qualifications required for a person to become a panel member for the purposes of section 6 of the 1998 Act by substituting a reference to qualification as a solicitor or barrister (or a qualification specified by Order) in place of a reference to a qualification mentioned in section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) for appointment as a panel member.
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