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The Social Security Commissioners Procedure (Amendment) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/1121 · Made 7 May 1992

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th May 1992

Laid before Parliament 8th May 1992

Coming into force 1st June 1992

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by the enactments specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and now vested in himf1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Lord Advocate and, in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971f2, with the Council on Tribunals, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

By virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Social Security Commissioners) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1818) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50).

f2

1971 C.62.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Definition of “appeal tribunal”
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Commissioners Procedure (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st June 1992.

2Definition of “appeal tribunal”

In regulation 2 of the Social Security Commissioners Procedure Regulations 1987f1, for the definition of “appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the following—

““appeal tribunal” means a social security appeal tribunal constituted in accordance with section 97(2) to (2E) of the Act or a disability appeal tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 10A to the Act;”

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

7th May 1992

PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS

  • Section 6 of the National Insurance Act 1974f1

  • Sections 101(5A), 101(5B), 114(1), 114(2C), 114(5) and 115(1) of the Social Security Act 1975f2

  • Section 14 of the Social Security Act 1980f3

  • Section 4 of the Forfeiture Act 1982f4

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security Commissioners Procedure Regulations 1987 by extending the definition of “appeal tribunal” to include a disability appeal tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 10A to the Social Security Act 1975. Schedule 10A was inserted into the Social Security Act 1975 by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c. 21).