The Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999

3.  In Article 1(1), for the definition of “determining authority” there shall be substituted the following definition–

“determining authority” means, in relation to Great Britain, the Secretary of State, an appeal tribunal, a Commissioner, an adjudication officer or a social security appeal tribunal, as the case may require, and in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, an appeal tribunal, a Commissioner, an adjudication officer or a social security appeal tribunal, as the case may require;.