{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-59A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-northern-ireland-act-1992/section-59A.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/59A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59A",
  "heading": "Adjudication: incapacity for work.",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions apply in relation to the determination, for any purpose for which the provisions of Part XIIA of the Contributions and Benefits Act apply, whether a person—\n(a) is, or is to be treated as, capable or incapable of work; or\n(b) falls to be disqualified for any period in accordance with regulations under section 167E of that Act;\nand to the determination for any such purpose of such other related questions as may be prescribed.\n(2) Provision may be made by regulations for a determination made for one such purpose to be treated as conclusive for another such purpose.\nRegulations may in particular provide that a determination that a person is disqualified for any period in accordance with regulations under section 167E of the Contributions and Benefits Act shall have effect for such purposes as may be prescribed as a determination that he is to be treated as capable of work for that period, andvice versa.\n(3) Provision may be made by regulations for questions of such descriptions as may be prescribed to be determined by an adjudication officer, notwithstanding that other questions fall to be determined by another authority.\n(4) Provision may be made by regulations—\n(a) requiring a social security appeal tribunal to sit with one or more medical assessors in such classes of case as may be prescribed; and\n(b) as to the constitution of panels of medical practitioners to act as medical assessors in such cases;\nand regulations under this subsection may confer on the President, or such other person as may be prescribed, such functions as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 59A and the preceding cross-heading inserted (21.11.1994 for certain purposes, otherwise 13.4.1995) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 8(2); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2, Sch. Pts. II, IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 59A 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. 59A 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 59A: power to make regulations modified (1.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(3), 73"
    }
  ],
  "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/59A",
    "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."
}