The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals), Vaccine Damage Payments and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Amendment of regulation 3

6.  In regulation 3(1) (revision of decisions)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) he commences action leading to the revision within one month of the date of—

(i) notification of the original decision; or

(ii) the making of an appeal under section 12 provided that the appeal is made within the time prescribed in regulation 31 or, in a case to which regulation 32 applies, the time prescribed in that regulation; or”; and

(b) for paragraph (9) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(9) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of—

(a) a relevant change of circumstances which occurred since the decision was made or where the Secretary of State has evidence or information which indicates that a relevant change of circumstances will occur; nor

(b) a decision which relates to an attendance allowance or a disability living allowance where the person is terminally ill, within the meaning of section 66(2)(a) of the Contributions and Benefit Act, unless an application for revision which contains an express statement that the person is terminally ill is made either by—

(i) the person himself; or

(ii) any other person purporting to act on his behalf whether or not that other person is acting with his knowledge or authority,

but where such an application is received a decision may be so revised notwithstanding that no claim under section 66(1) or, as the case may be, 72(5) or 73(12) of that Act has been made.”.

(1)

Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 1999/1623 and 1662 (C. 47).