Article 5 Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999^f1 (interpretation) in the definition of “the date of notification”—

(a)

omit “or” after paragraph (a); and

(b)

after paragraph (b) add—

“or

(c)
where the notification of a decision of the Department is sent by means of an electronic communication (within the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001), the date on which the notification is sent;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S. R. 1999 No. 162, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order