The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

3.—(1) In Part II of Schedule 1 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), the following entry shall cease to have effect, namely—

“A Medical Appeal Tribunal constituted for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 including any panel constituted for the purposes of any such Tribunal.”.

(2) In Part III of that Schedule (other disqualifying offices), in the entry relating to an adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, the words “appointed under or by virtue of Part II of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992” shall cease to have effect.

(3) In that Part of that Schedule, the following entries shall cease to have effect, namely—

“Full-time chairman of a child support appeal tribunal established under Article 23 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991”;

“Full-time Chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland.”; and

“President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland.”.

(4) In that Part of that Schedule, there shall be inserted at the appropriate places the following entries—

“Member of a panel of persons appointed under Article 7 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.”; and

“President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order.”.