{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/regulation-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/regulation-34.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/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Death of a party to an appeal",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings, on the death of a party to those proceedings (other than the Secretary of State or the Board), the Secretary of State or the Board may appoint such person as he thinks or they think fit to proceed with the appeal in the place of such deceased party.\n(2) A grant of probate, confirmation or letters of administration to the estate of the deceased party, whenever taken out, shall have no effect on an appointment made under paragraph (1).\n(3) Where a person appointed under paragraph (1) has, prior to the date of such appointment, taken any action in relation to the appeal on behalf of the deceased party, the effective date of appointment by the Secretary of State or the Board shall be the day immediately prior to the first day on which such action was taken.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 omitted (28.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security, Child Support, Vaccine Damage and Other Payments (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2380), regs. 1(2), 4(10)(e) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 34(1) 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, 24(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 34(1) 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, 24(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 34(3) 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, 24(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 applied (with modifications) (29.1.2007) by Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/593), regs. 1(1), 8 (with reg. 8(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Reg. 34 applied (mods) (29.1.2007) by Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3398), regs. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Reg. 34 applied (with modifications) by SI 2006/3398 reg. 8 (as 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. 326)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Reg. 34 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2010) by Child Support (Management of Payments and Arrears) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3151), regs. 1, 12(2) (with regs. 10, 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Reg. 34 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with art. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/983), art. 21(2)(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/991/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:23.255868+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."
}