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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-8-and-savings-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/schedule-12/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1958",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“adjudicating authority\" means an adjudication officer, an adjudicating medical practitioner, a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, a medical board or a special medical board;\n“appellate authority\" means a medical appeal tribunal or a social security appeal tribunal;\n“the Adjudication Regulations\" means the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1995 ;\n“decision\", in relation to any period before 5th July 1999, includes a determination, and “decided\" is to be construed accordingly;\n“legally qualified panel member\" has the same meaning as in the Regulations;\n“the Regulations\" means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ; and\n“relevant benefit\" means any of the benefits mentioned in article 2(1)(b)(i) to (iii) of this Order.\n(2) Any reference in paragraphs 6 to 12 of this Schedule to—\n(a) an appeal to an appellate authority is to be construed as a reference to an appeal in relation to the decision of an adjudicating authority as respects a relevant benefit; and\n(b) a decision of an appellate authority is to be construed as a reference to a decision of such an appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1995/1801; regulations 3 and 10 have been amended by S.I. 1996/182 and 2450."
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/991, as amended by S.I.1999/1466, 1623, 1662 (C.47) and 1670."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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