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The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2017

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Version Superseded: 15/01/2018

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Point in time view as at 13/11/2017. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2017, Section 22. Help about Changes to Legislation

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22.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)the amending provisions have come into force under Article 6(1) in relation to the case of a claim referred to in Article 6(2) (and any award that is made in respect of the claim);

(b)the person is sent notice of a decision relating to a new style ESA award or a new style JSA award; and

(c)the date of notification with respect to that decision is before 26th March 2018.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3) apply for the purposes of any appeal in relation to that decision as if regulation 54 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (consequential amendments)(1) did not apply in that person’s case.

(3) The provisions referred to are the following provisions of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(2)—

(a)regulation 32 (late appeals);

(b)regulation 33 (making of appeals and application); and

(c)regulation 34 (death of a party to an appeal).

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “the date of notification” means the date on which the decision notice was posted to the person’s last known address by the Department.

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I1Art. 22 in operation at made date

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