{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/991",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Making of payments which have been suspended",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), payment of a benefit suspended in accordance with regulation 16 or 17 shall be made where—\n(a) in a case to which regulation 16(2) or (3)(a)(i) to (iii) applies, the Secretary of State is satisfied or the Board are satisfied that the benefit suspended is properly payable and no outstanding issues remain to be resolved;\n(b) in a case to which regulation 16(3)(a)(iv) applies, the Secretary of State is satisfied or the Board are satisfied that he has or they have been notified of the address at which the person is residing;\n( c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) in a case to which regulation 17(5) applies, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the benefit suspended is properly payable and the requirements of regulation 17(4) have been satisfied. in a case to which regulation 18(1) applies, the Board are satisfied that the benefit suspended is properly payable and the requirements of regulation 17(2), (4), (5) or (7) have been satisfied.\n(2) Where regulation 16(3)(b)(i) applies, payment of a benefit suspended shall be made if the Secretary of State—\n(a) does not, in the case of a decision of the First-tier Tribunal, apply for a statement of the reasons for that decision within the period specified under Tribunal Procedure Rules;\n(b) does not, in the case of a decision of the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a court, make an application for permission to appeal and (where permission to appeal is granted) make the appeal within the time prescribed for the making of such applications and appeals;\n(c) withdraws an application for permission to appeal or the appeal; or\n(d) is refused permission to appeal, in circumstances where it is not open to him to renew the application for permission or to make a further application for permission to appeal.\n(3) Where regulation 16(3)(b)(ii) applies, payment of a benefit suspended shall be made if the Secretary of State, in relation to the decision of the Upper Tribunal or the court in a different case—\n(a) does not make an application for permission to appeal and (where permission to appeal is granted) make the appeal within the time prescribed for the making of such applications and appeals;\n(b) withdraws an application for permission to appeal or the appeal; or\n(c) is refused permission to appeal, in circumstances where it is not open to him to renew the application for permission or to make a further application for permission to appeal.\n(4) Payment of benefit which has been suspended in accordance with regulation 19 for failure to submit to a medical examination shall be made where the Secretary of State is satisfied or the Board are satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the person referred to in that regulation to submit to a medical examination.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1) inserted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1623) , regs. 1(1) , 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(a)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2570) , regs. 1 , 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2570) , regs. 1 , 15(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 20(1)(c) omitted (19.6.2000) by virtue of The Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1596) , regs. 1(1) , 21(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 20(1)(d) inserted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1623) , regs. 1(1) , 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 20(1)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2570) , regs. 1 , 15(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 20(2)(3) substituted (19.6.2000) by The Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1596) , regs. 1(1) , 21(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2)(a) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2)(a) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2)(b) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2)(b) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(2)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2)(c)(d) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 110(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2570) , regs. 1 , 15(2)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/991/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:23.255868+00:00"
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  "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."
}