{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/24",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The court, on the application of any person interested, shall have jurisdiction to determine any question arising as to—\n(a) whether any provision of an employment-related benefit scheme does or does not comply with the principle of equal treatment; or\n(b) whether, and with what effect, any such provision is overridden by paragraph 3 above.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the court” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, the High Court or the county court; and\n(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session or the sheriff court.\n(3) An application under sub-paragraph (1) above may be commenced in the county court notwithstanding—\n(a) any financial limit otherwise imposed on the jurisdiction of that court; or\n(b) that the only relief claimed is a declaration or an injunction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 9 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 9(3)(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 128; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 9 partly in force; Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 33(2)(3); Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 9 in force for specified purposes at 23.6.1994 by S.I. 1994/1661, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/24/schedule/5/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:43.679143+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."
}