Article 3 Amendment of article 67 of the principal Order

In article 67 of the principal Order (review of decisions, assessments and awards)—

(a)

in paragraphs (1) and (2) for the reference to paragraph “(7)” there shall be substituted the reference “(6A)”;

(b)

after paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(6A)

Subject to the provision in paragraph (7), nothing in this article shallbe taken to authorise the review of any assessment or decision made, given, or upheld by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919^f1 or the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Acts 1943 and 1949^f2.”; and

(c)

for paragraph (7) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(7)

Any assessment made, given or upheld by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Acts 1943 and 1949 may be reviewed and revised by the Secretary of State where he is satisfied by fresh medical evidence of a deterioration in the disablement in respect of which the assessment was made.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1919 c. 53.
f2: 1943 c. 39; this Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c. 12); sub-section (3A) was added to section 1 by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act (Modification) Order 1947 (S.I. 1947/1143) and sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44). Section 5 and 6 were also amended by section 16 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and section 6 was also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24).