Section 12 Financial provisions.

United Kingdom

F1(1)

The Secretary of State shall pay to persons appointed to serve on tribunals under section 4 of this Act such remuneration and such travelling and other allowances as he may, with the consent of the Minister for all the Civil Service, determine.

(2)

The Secretary of State shall pay such fees as he considers appropriate to medical practitioners, as defined in F2section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, who provide information or other evidence in connection with claims.

(3)

The Secretary of State shall pay such travelling and other allowances as he may determine—

(a)

to persons required under this Act to undergo medical examinations;

(b)

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

in circumstances where he considers it appropriate, to any person who accompanies a disabled person to such a medical examination F4. . . .

(4)

There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a)

any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in making payments under section 1(1) above;

(b)

any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of subsections (1) to (3) above; and

(c)

any increase in the administrative expenses of the Secretary of State attributable to this Act.

(5)

Any sums repaid to the Secretary of State by virtue of section 5(4) above shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 12(1) repealed (18.10.1999 for certain purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1)(2), 87, Sch. 7 para. 10, Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18)
F2: Words substituted by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Sch. 2 para. 54
F3: S. 12(3)(b) omitted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 36(a)
F4: Words in s. 12(3)(c) omitted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 36(b)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3