# Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Rules 2005, 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/108/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-northern-ireland-amendment-rules-2005/article-3
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