{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/8",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "The President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals and chairmen.",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint for Northern Ireland—\n(a) a President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals;\n(b) full-time chairmen of such tribunals; and\n(c) a panel of persons who may be appointed part-time chairmen of such tribunals.\n(2) A person is qualified to be appointed President if he is a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years’ standing.\n(3) A person is qualified to be appointed a full-time chairman if he is a barrister or solicitor of at least 7 years’ standing.\n(4) A person is qualified to be appointed to the panel referred to in subsection (1)(c) above if he is a barrister or solicitor of at least 5 years’ standing.\n(5) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for supplementing this section.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 49 ceased to have effect (5.7.1999, 6.9.1999, 5.10.1999, 18.10.1999 and 29.11.1999 for different purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by virtue of S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(2), 39(3); S.R. 1999/310, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 (with arts. 4, 14); S.R. 1999/371, art. 2(b), Sch. 1 (with arts. 4, 18); S.R. 1999/407, art. 2(b), Sch. (with art. 4); S.R. 1999/428, art. 2(b), Sch. 1 (with arts. 4, 16) and S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)S. 49 repealed (29.11.1999 for certain purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(2), 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/8/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:21.000621+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."
}