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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-50",
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  "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/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Appointment of Commissioners.",
  "text": "(1) Her Majesty may from time to time appoint for Northern Ireland, from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of at least 10 years’ standing—\n(a) a Chief Social Security Commissioner; and\n(b) other Social Security Commissioners.\n(2) In order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Social Security Commissioners, the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint —\n(a) a member of the bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years’ standing;\n(b) a person who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or\n(c) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years’ standing,\nto be a Social Security Commissioner (but to be known as a deputy Commissioner) for such period or on such occasions as the Commission determines with the agreement of the Department of Justice.\n(3) 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": "Words in s. 50(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 50(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 24(3)(a) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 50(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 24(3)(b) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 50(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 8; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 41."
    }
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      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/8/section/50",
    "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."
}