Part IDecisions and Appeals

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C11C12C14C15C16Chapter IISocial Security Decisions and Appeals

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 1 Ch. 2: power to transfer functions conferred (25.2.1999) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), ss. 17, 28(2)(c) (with Sch. 8)

C2

Pt. 1 Ch. 2: power to apply and exclude conferred (1.4.1999) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), ss. 23(1), 28(3) (with Sch. 8); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-6)

C6

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (5.10.1999) by Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), s. 20(2), Sch. 2 para. 21 (with s. 19)

C7

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (11.11.1999) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 52(4)(6)(g), 89(4)(a)

C9

Pt. 1 Ch. 2: power to apply conferred (8.7.2002) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 61, 63(8)(a)

C11

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 functions transferred (26.2.2003 for specified purposes, 1.4.2003 for specified purposes, 7.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 50(2)(e), s. 61, Sch. 4 para. 15; S.I. 2003/392, art. 2

C12

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (8.7.2004) by Age-Related Payments Act 2004 (c. 10), s. 5(5)

C15

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (21.7.2008 for specified purposes, 1.1.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 132(8), 170; S.I. 2008/3137, art. 2

Supplemental

I1I2I3I4I5C10C1339Interpretation etc. of Chapter II

1

In this Chapter—

  • F4“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of this Part;

  • F2“claimant”, in relation to a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance (within the meaning of the Jobseekers Act 1995), means the couple or either member of the couple;

  • F4“Commissioner” F1(except in the expression “tax appeal Commissioners”) means the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner, and includes a tribunal of three or more Commissioners constituted under section 16(7) above;

  • F6“claimant”, in relation to a couple jointly claiming universal credit, means the couple or either member of the couple;

  • F3“health care professional” means—

    1. a

      a registered medical practitioner,

    2. b

      a registered nurse,

    3. c

      an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999, or

    4. d

      a member of such other profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 as the Secretary of State may prescribe;

  • “relevant benefit” has the meaning given by section 8(3) above.

  • F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

Expressions used in this Chapter to which a meaning is assigned by section 191 of the Administration Act have that meaning in this Chapter.

3

Part II of the Administration Act, which is superseded by the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, shall cease to have effect.