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The Social Security Appeal Tribunals (Transitional) Regulations 1984

S.I. 1984/1372 · Made 28 August 1984

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 28th August 1984

Laid before Parliament 5th September 1984

Coming into Operation 26th September 1984

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 28(1) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 and after consultation with the Council on Tribunalsf1, hereby makes the following regulations:–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c.62), section 10.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Transitional provision relating to panels of members of Social Security Appeal Tribunals
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Social Security Appeal Tribunals (Transitional) Regulations 1984 and shall come into operation on 26th September 1984.

2Transitional provision relating to panels of members of Social Security Appeal Tribunals

Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals by paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1975f1 any person whose name was, on 25th September 1984, entered on either of the panels for any area from which were drawn members of Social Security Appeal Tribunals other than the chairman shall be deemed to have been appointed to the panel constituted under the said paragraph 1 as amended by section 16(b) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 for a period corresponding to that for which he is shown as having been appointed to the first-mentioned panel.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Rhodes Boyson

Minister of State

Department of Health and Social Security

28th August 1984

Explanatory note

Section 16 of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 provides that from 26th September 1984 the two panels for each area from which were drawn members of Social Security Appeal Tribunals other than the chairman shall be replaced by a single panel. These regulations provide that those persons whose names were on the old panels shall be deemed to have been appointed to the new panels.