The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008

Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

96.  In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)in the definition of “appeal” for “an appeal tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”;

(b)in the definition of “official error” for “a Commissioner” substitute “the Upper Tribunal”;

(c)in the definition of “party to the proceedings” for “an appeal tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”;

(d)in the definition of “referral” for “an appeal tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”; and

(e)omit the definitions of—

(i)“clerk to the appeal tribunal”;

(ii)“financially qualified panel member”;

(iii)“legally qualified panel member”;

(iv)“medically qualified panel member”;

(v)“out of jurisdiction appeal”;

(vi)“panel”;

(vii)“panel member”;

(viii)“panel member with a disability qualification”; and

(ix)“President”.