# Welfare Reform Act 2012, Paragraph 5


(1) In Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (housing benefit and council tax benefit), paragraph 4 (decisions superseding earlier decisions) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the “and” at the end of paragraph (a) is repealed and after that paragraph there is inserted—
“(aa) any decision under this Schedule of an appeal tribunal or a Commissioner, and”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) after “the decision appealed against to“ there is inserted “the tribunal or”;
(b) after “the decision being appealed against to” there is inserted “ the Commissioner or ”.
(4) After sub-paragraph (6) there is inserted—
“(7) In this paragraph—
“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1998 (the functions of which have been transferred to the First-tier Tribunal);
“Commissioner” means a person appointed as a Social Security Commissioner under Schedule 4 to that Act (the functions of whom have been transferred to the Upper Tribunal), and includes a tribunal of such persons.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/12/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-12/paragraph-5
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