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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-commissioners-procedure-child-trust-funds-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110722132",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) (Child Trust Funds) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-commissioners-procedure-child-trust-funds-regulations-2005",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations regulate the procedure of the Social Security Commissioners in determining appeals and applications arising from decisions of appeal tribunals in relation to child trust funds.\nThe Child Trust Funds (Non-tax Appeals) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/191) are made under section 24(5) of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (c.6) and apply and modify provisions in the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14) to provide for a temporary route of appeal in respect of Child Trust Funds. Appeals are heard initially by the appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1998, and a further right of appeal will exist to by the Social Security Commissioners.\nThese Regulations will apply until the Treasury makes an order under section 24(1) of the Child Trust Fund Act 2004.\nIn particular, these Regulations provide for:\ngeneral powers of the Commissioners to regulate procedure (regulations 3, 4 and 5);\nnotice to be given where a party receives funding of legal services (regulation 7);\nappeals involving penalties not to be subject to the requirement of leave to appeal (regulation 8);\nthe Commissioners to deal with applications for leave to appeals and for the procedure in connection with commencing appeals (regulations 9 to 14);\nthe procedure in connection with applying for directions, dealing with evidence and summoning witnesses (regulations 16 to 19 and 22);\nrequests for hearings, hearings and withdrawal of appeals (regulations 20, 21 and 23);\ndetermination and decisions by Commissioners (regulation 25);\ncorrecting accidental errors and setting aside decisions (regulations 26 and 27);\napplications for leave to appeal the decision of the Commissioners to the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) or the Court of Session (Scotland) (regulation 29).",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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