{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-31",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/293",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Persons who may not act as members of disability appeal tribunals",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not act as a member of a disability appeal tribunal in any case where he—\n(a) is or may be directly affected by that case; or\n(b) has taken any part in such case as an assessor, a medical practitioner who has regularly attended the claimant or to whom any question has been referred for report or advice, or as a witness.\n(2) Where a disability appeal tribunal is unable to determine a question by reason of the provisions of paragraph (1) the case shall be referred to another such tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/24",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Adjudication) and Child Support (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/293/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:40:24.950980+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}