The Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Savings, Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Modification of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations N.I.

10.  The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977(1) shall have effect in relation to any benefit mentioned in Article 2(1)(b)(i) to (iii) as if in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “the determining authority”(2) there were substituted the following definition—

• ““the determining authority” means, as the case may require, the Department, an appeal tribunal to which there is a right of appeal pursuant to Article 13 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 or a Commissioner to whom an appeal lies under Article 15 of that Order;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 10 in operation at made date

(1)

S.R. 1977 No. 74; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1984 No. 174

(2)

The definition of “the determining authority” was substituted by regulation 8 of S.R. 1984 No.174