Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security Adjudication RegulationsI1

The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “disability question” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““full statement of the tribunal’s decision” means the statement referred to in regulations 23(3A), 29(6A) and 38(5A)^f2;”.

In regulation 24 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from an appeal tribunal)—

In regulation 32 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a disability appeal tribunal) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an application to the chairman of a disability appeal tribunal for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of a disability appeal tribunal shall—

(a)

be made in accordance with regulation 3 and Schedule 2; and

(b)

have annexed to it a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision.”.

In regulation 39 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a medical appeal tribunal) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an application to the chairman of a medical appeal tribunal for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of a medical appeal tribunal shall—

(a)

be made in accordance with regulation 3 and Schedule 2; and

(b)

have annexed to it a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision.”.

In Schedule 2 (time limits for making applications, appeals or references) in column (3) of paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 for “a copy of the record of the decision was given to the applicant” there shall be substituted “a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision was given or sent to the applicant”.