# The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”) and the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the 2001 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the 1999 Regulations to—
make further provision for the revision of decisions;
provide for the correction of accidental errors in a decision of the Department for Social Development (“the Department”);
provide for the interaction of awards of income support and jobseeker’s allowance;
provide for a person appointed after the death of a claimant to be added to the list of prescribed persons who may appeal;
clarify the time limits for making an appeal;
provide for the Department to grant an extension of time for an appeal in specified circumstances;
provide for the clerk to the appeal tribunal to reinstate an appeal if he has struck it out because the appellant failed to comply with a direction concerning an oral hearing;
provide for oral hearings to be in public except in specified circumstances and for participation in oral hearings by means of a live television link;
remove rules about the constitution of an appeal tribunal after an adjournment;
require an application for a statement of an appeal tribunal’s reasons to be sent to the clerk to the appeal tribunal;
provide that the death or serious illness of the appellant’s partner is a reason for granting further time for the appellant to take procedural steps;
clarify the provisions governing applications for leave to appeal to the Social Security Commissioners; and
specify decisions of the Department under the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 against which there is no appeal.
Regulation 3 amends the 2001 Regulations to provide—
for the correction of accidental errors in a decision of a relevant authority;
for a relevant authority to grant an extension of time for an appeal in specified circumstances; and
that the 1999 Regulations as amended by regulation 2(12) to (19) of these Regulations apply in relation to housing benefit.
Regulation 4 makes consequential revocations.
These Regulations correspond to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/189/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/note
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