Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal regulations

in the definition of “adjudicating authority” for “the Attendance Allowance Board, a medical appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted “a medical appeal tribunal, a disability appeal tribunal”;

the definition of “the Attendance Allowance Board” shall be omitted;

after the definition of “the Department” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

• ““disability appeal tribunal” means a tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 10A to the 1975 Act^f1;

• “disability question” has the meaning assigned by regulation 26C(2);”;

in the definition of “full-time chairman” for “and medical appeal tribunals” there shall be substituted “, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals”^f2;

in the definition of “party to the proceedings” in paragraph (b) after “appeal tribunal” there shall be inserted “or a disability appeal tribunal”; and

in the definition of “President” for “and medical appeal tribunals” there shall be substituted “, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals”.