Amendment of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003
5.—(1) The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2, in the meaning for “the appropriate office”, before “means”, insert: “(except in regulation 31)”.
(3) In regulation 28—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit: “or the First-tier Tribunal”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(a) and (c), omit: “section 9 or”;
(c)in paragraphs (3), omit: “or, as the case may be, the First-tier Tribunal”;
(d)in paragraph (4), omit: “or, as the case may be, regulation 29A”.
(4) In regulation 29A, for “regulation 28” substitute: “those Rules”.
(5) In regulation 30(1), omit: “specified in regulation 28”.
(6) In regulation 30(4), omit: “under regulation 28”.
(7) In regulation 31—
(a)for each use of “Board” (except in regulation 31(7)(b)), substitute: “appropriate office”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(b)(i), omit: “section 12(2) or”;
(c)in paragraph (1)(c), for “an”, substitute: “the”;
(d)paragraphs (1A) and (1B) are revoked;
(e)in paragraph (3), for “are” substitute: “is”; and for “they” substitute: “it”;
(f)in paragraphs (3), (4) and (7)(a), omit: “or, as the case may be, Tribunal Procedure Rules”;
(g)in paragraph (6)(a) and (b), omit: “by them”;
(h)in paragraph (6)(c), for “they” substitute: “it”;
(i)in paragraph (7), omit: “, or, as the case may be, the First-tier Tribunal which,”;
(j)in paragraph (7)(b), omit: “and the Board”;
(k)in paragraph (8), omit: “, or, as the case may be, First-tier Tribunal which,”;
(l)after paragraph (8), insert—
“(9) In this regulation, “appropriate office” refers to any office specified in writing for the purpose by the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.”.
(8) In regulation 32 omit: “or to the First-tier Tribunal” and “or, as the case may be, the First-tier Tribunal”.
(9) Regulation 32 is revoked.
S.I. 2003/916; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2683, 2009/3268.