{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/27",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Appeal to Upper Tribunal.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) An appeal to the Upper Tribunal under section 11 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 which arises from any decision of the First-Tier Tribunal made under section 12 of this Act may be made by—\n(a) the Secretary of State,\n(b) the person who applied for the certificate of recoverable benefits, . . .\n(bb) (in a case where that certificate was issued under section 7(2)(a)) the person to whom it was so issued, or\n(c) (in a case where the amount of the compensation payment has been calculated in accordance with section 8 or 8A) the injured person or other person to whom the payment is made.\nbut the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not appeal under this section.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13(1) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 141(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 141(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word at the end of s. 13(2)(b) repealed (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1)(2), Sch. 7 para. 152(2)(a), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 13(2)(bb) inserted (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 152(2)(b); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2)(c) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 13(3) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 141(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 13(4) repealed (29.11.1999) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1)(2), Sch. 7 para. 152(4), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in cross-heading substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 141(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 10-14 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1596), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 wholly in force at 6.10.1997; s. 13 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 34(2); s. 13(3) in force for specified purposes at 3.9.1997 by S.I. 1997/2085, art. 2(1); s. 13 in force 6.10.1997 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1997/2085, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/27/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:12.739105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}