Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 870
SOCIAL SECURITY
PENSIONS
The Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
21st March 2005
Coming into force
6th April 2005
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 6A(6)(c) and (7), 6C(2)(a) and (4), 6D(1), (2) and (6), and 11A(1) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 M1, sections 14 to 16, 28, 79(2) and 84 of, and Schedules 4 and 5 to, the Social Security Act 1998 M2, paragraphs 8 to 10, 19, 20(1) and (3) and 23(1) and (2) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 M3, and in exercise of powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Forfeiture Act 1982 M4 and now vested in him M5, after consultation with the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 11A(2) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943, section 79(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security Act 1998 M6 and paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 M7, makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Marginal Citations
M11943 c. 39; amended by the Armed Forces (Pension and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32).
M21998 c. 14. Section 84 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”.
M32000 c. 19. Paragraph 23(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.
M5The functions of the Secretary of State under section 4(2) were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Social Security Commissioners) Order 1984 (S.I.1984/1818), Article 2(c) and Schedule.
M6The functions of the Lord Advocate under section 79(2) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/678), Article 2(1) and the Schedule. Those functions were then treated as being exercisable in or as regards Scotland, for the purposes of section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), by the Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/1748), Article 3 and paragraph 19 of Schedule 1, and transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/1750), Article 2 and Schedule 1.