Paragraph 1

(1)

Regulation 2 of the 1997 Regulations shall, notwithstanding regulation 59 of the Regulations continue to have effect until 29th December 2000 in relation to any certificate of recoverable benefits in respect of which a right of appeal arose before 29th November 1999 subject to the modifications specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2)

The modifications referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are as if–

(a)

for the word “chairman" in each place in which it occurs there were substituted the words “ legally qualified panel member ”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) the words “of a medical appeal tribunal" were omitted;

(c)

for paragraph (7) there were substituted the following paragraph–

“(7)
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), no appeal may be brought after 29th December 2000.”;

(d)

in paragraph (18) the words from “, notwithstanding that a condition" to the end were omitted; and

(e)

after paragraph (18) there were added the following paragraph–

“(19)
In this regulation “legally qualified panel member" has the meaning it bears in regulation 1(3) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999.”.