# The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2002, Regulation 8: Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999


In the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 —
(a) after regulation 3(8A) (revision of decisions), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(8B) Where a court convicts a person of an offence, that conviction results in a restriction being imposed under section 7, 8 or 9 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions) and that conviction is quashed or set aside by that or any other court, a decision of the Secretary of State under section 8(1)(a) or 10 made in accordance with regulation 6(2)(j) or (k) may be revised at any time.”;
(b) after regulation 6(2)(i) (supersession of decisions), there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—
“(j) is a decision of the Secretary of State that a sanctionable benefit is payable to a claimant where that benefit ceases to be payable or falls to be reduced under section 7 or 9 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 and for this purpose “sanctionable benefit” has the same meaning as in section 7 of that Act;
(k) is a decision of the Secretary of State that a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable where that allowance ceases to be payable or falls to be reduced under section 8 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001.”;
(c) after regulation 7(27) (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect), there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(28) A decision to which regulation 6(2)(j) or (k) applies shall take effect from the first day of the disqualification period prescribed for the purposes of section 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 .”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/490/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-loss-of-benefit-consequential-amendments-regulations-2002/regulation-8
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