{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-and-upper-tribunal-chambers-order-2010/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-and-upper-tribunal-chambers-order-2010/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2655",
  "legislation_title": "The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-and-upper-tribunal-chambers-order-2010",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Functions of the Social Entitlement Chamber",
  "text": "To the Social Entitlement Chamber are allocated all functions related to appeals—\n(a) in cases regarding support for asylum seekers, failed asylum seekers, persons designated under section 130 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 , or the dependants of any such persons;\n(b) in criminal injuries compensation cases;\n(c) regarding entitlement to, payments of, or recovery or recoupment of payments of, social security benefits, child support, vaccine damage payments, health in pregnancy grant and tax credits, with the exception of—\n(i) appeals under section 11 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (appeals against decisions of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs);\n(ii) appeals in respect of employer penalties or employer information penalties (as defined in section 63(11) and (12) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 );\n(iii) appeals under regulation 28(3) of the Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004 ;\n(d) regarding saving gateway accounts with the exception of appeals against requirements to account for an amount under regulations made under section 14 of the Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 ;\n(e) regarding child trust funds with the exception of appeals against requirements to account for an amount under regulations made under section 22(4) of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 in relation to section 13 of that Act;\n(ea) appealable decisions within the meaning of section 56(3) of the Childcare Payments Act 2014;\n(eb) under the Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022;\n(f) regarding payments in consequence of diffuse mesothelioma;\n(g) regarding a certificate or waiver decision in relation to NHS charges;\n(h) regarding entitlement to be credited with earnings or contributions;\n(i) against a decision as to whether an accident was an industrial accident;\n(j) regarding payments under a scheme established under section 49(1) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(ea) inserted (1.10.2015) by The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1563), arts. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 6(eb) inserted (6.3.2020) by The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/137), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 6(eb) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1134), reg. 1(b), Sch. para. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 6(j) inserted (26.12.2024) by The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1285), arts. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2008 c. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1999 c. 2. Section 11 was amended by section 9(4) of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), paragraph 47 of Schedule 1 to the Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18) and paragraph 270 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2002 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1450. Regulation 28 was amended by paragraph 127 of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "2009 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "2004 c. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1083",
      "affecting_title": "The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2655/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:22.430260+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}