# The Social Security Commissioners Procedure Regulations 1987 (revoked) S.I. 1987/214 · made 13 February 1987 · revised to 1 January 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-commissioners-procedure-regulations-1987-revoked/pdf/uksi_19870214_301114_en.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY Made 13th February 1987 Laid before Parliament 18th February 1987 Coming into force 6th April 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: MAKING APPLICATIONS, APPEALS AND REFERENCES ## 3 Application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notice of application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Determination of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Time limit for appealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Acknowledgement of a notice of appeal or a reference and notification to each respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: GENERAL PROCEDURE ## 10 Respondent's written observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Written observations in reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Medical references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Non-disclosure of medical evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Requests for oral hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Representation at an oral hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Oral hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Summoning of witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Postponement and adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Withdrawal of applications for leave to appeal, appeals and references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: DECISIONS ## 22 Determinations and decisions of a Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Procedure after determination of a forfeiture rule question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Correction of accidental errors in decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Setting aside of decisions on certain grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Provisions common to Regulations 24 and 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY ## 27 General powers of a Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Miscellaneous provisions relating to references of forfeiture rule questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Delegation of functions to nominated officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Manner of and time for service of notices, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal to the Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/214 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-commissioners-procedure-regulations-1987-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.