The Health in Pregnancy Grant (Notices, Revisions and Appeals) Regulations 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health in Pregnancy Grant (Notices, Revisions and Appeals) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on the 6th April 2009.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Administration Regulations” means the Health in Pregnancy Grant (Administration) Regulations 2008(1);

“appeal” means an appeal under section 12 of the 1998 Act or under Article 14 of the 1998 Order;

“appropriate office” means the Health in Pregnancy Grant Office, Waterview Park, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England;

“claimant” means a person who has claimed health in pregnancy grant;

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“the Entitlement Regulations” means the Health in Pregnancy Grant (Entitlement and Amount) Regulations 2008(2);

“health in pregnancy grant decision” means a decision in respect of health in pregnancy grant under either section 8 of the 1998 Act or Article 9 of the 1998 Order;

“month” means calendar month;

“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;

“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

“official error” means an error made by an officer of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs acting as such, or a person providing services to the Commissioners; but does not include an error of law which is shown to have been an error by virtue of a subsequent decision of any Tribunal or Court;

“partner” has the meaning under regulation 1(2) of the Administration Regulations;

“Tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(3), or, in relation to Northern Ireland, a tribunal constituted under the Northern Ireland Order;

“Tribunal Procedure Rules” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(4).

(1)

S.I. 2008/3109.

(2)

S.I. 2008/3108.

(3)

2007 c.15.

(4)

S.I. 1999/162; the corresponding provision for Great Britain is The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008.