# The Social Security (Adjudication) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal regulations


(1) Regulation 1 of the principal regulations (interpretation) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (2)—
(a) 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”;
(b) the definition of “the Attendance Allowance Board” shall be omitted;
(c) 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;
“disability question” has the meaning assigned by regulation 26C(2);”;
(d) in the definition of “full-time chairman” for “and medical appeal tribunals” there shall be substituted “, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals”;
(e) in the definition of “party to the proceedings” in paragraph (b) after “appeal tribunal” there shall be inserted “or a disability appeal tribunal”; and
(f) in the definition of “President” for “and medical appeal tribunals” there shall be substituted “, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals”.
(3) Paragraph (4) shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1992/36/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1992/regulation-2
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