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

Rule 2(1) shall be amended as follows:

(a)

after the definition of “assessment appeal” and before the definition of “Court of Appeal” there shall be inserted the following definition –

““Commissioner” means the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and includes a tribunal of Commissioners constituted under section 6D(5) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.”;

(b)

after the definition of “Court of Appeal” and before the definition of “entitlement appeal” there shall be inserted the following definition –

““decision notice” means the record of the decision of the tribunal prepared in accordance with rule 18(1)(a);”

(c)

after the definition of “specified decision” and before the definition of “the Chairman” there shall be inserted the following definition –

““statement of reasons” means the record of the reasons for the tribunal’s decision prepared in accordance with rule 18(1)(b);”

(d)

in the definition of “the Chairman” delete from “appointed” to “Ireland” and substitute the words “who is the Chairman of, or who constitutes, the tribunal hearing the appeal.”;

(e)

delete the definition entitled “the Secretary of State”.