{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-act-1943/section-5B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-act-1943/section-5B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/6-7/39",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-act-1943",
  "path": "section/5B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5B",
  "heading": "Matters relevant on appeal.",
  "text": "In deciding any appeal under any provision of this Act, the appropriate tribunal—\n(a) need not consider any issue that is not raised by the appellant or the Minister in relation to the appeal; and\n(b) shall not take into account any circumstances not obtaining at the time when the decision appealed against was made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5B inserted (1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 59 (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 5B substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/6-7/39/section/5B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:11.860051+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."
}