Article 3 Amendment to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Rules 1981

In the definition of “appeal” for the words “and an assessment appeal” there shall be substituted “, an assessment appeal and an appeal against a specified decision”;

In the definition of “patient” for the words “Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961”^f1 there shall be substituted “Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986”^f2;

In the definition of “the Chairman” the words “, as respects entitlement appeals,” and “or, as respects assessment appeals, the duly qualified medical practitioner” and “, as the case may be” shall be omitted;

After the definition of “Pensions Appeal Office” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““specified decision” has the meaning given in section 5A of the Act^f3;”

After the definition of “the Chairman” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

• ““the Deputy President” means the person appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland to be Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland under paragraph 2B of the Schedule to the Act^f4;

• “the President” means the person appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland to be President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland under paragraph 2B of the Schedule to the Act; and references to the President shall be construed as including the Deputy President where he is authorised to carry out any function of the President under any provision of the Act or of these Rules;”