The Administration Act
12In section 24 of the Administration Act—
(a)at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “or given in consequence of a reference under section 112(4) of the 1975 Act (which enabled a medical appeal tribunal to refer a question of law to a Commissioner)”; and
(b)the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—
“(5A)In relation to a decision of a Commissioner which was given in consequence of a reference under section 112(4) of the 1975 Act subsections (3) and (5) of this section shall have effect with such modifications as may be prescribed by regulations.”.
13Section 104 of that Act shall be omitted.
14Subsection (5) of section 107 of that Act shall be omitted.
15Subsections (9) to (11) of that section shall be omitted.
16Section 153 of that Act shall be omitted.
17In section 162 of that Act subsection (4) shall be omitted.
18In section 163 of that Act subsection (5) shall be omitted.
19The following subsection shall be inserted at the end of section 164 of that Act—
“(7)Any sums repaid to the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 119(1) of the 1975 Act (which related to the effect of adjudication and was repealed subject to a saving in relation to certain reviews and appeals) shall—
(a)be paid by him into the Consolidated Fund in so far as they represent benefit which under section 163 above is payable out of money provided by Parliament and not out of the National Insurance Fund; and
(b)otherwise, be paid by him into that Fund.”.