The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Section 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order—
(a)the functions of social security appeal tribunals, disability appeal tribunals and medical appeal tribunals constituted under Part II of the Administration Act;
(b)the functions of child support appeal tribunals established under Article 23 of the Child Support Order; and
(c)the functions of vaccine damage tribunals established by regulations made under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act,
are hereby transferred to appeal tribunals constituted under the following provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Accordingly appeals under—
(a)Article 13;
(b)Article 22 of the Child Support Order, as substituted by Article 42;
(c)section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act, as substituted by section 46 of the [1998 c.14.] Social Security Act 1998; and
(d)Article 13 of the Recovery of Benefits Order,
shall be determined by appeal tribunals so constituted (in the following provisions of this Chapter referred to as “appeal tribunals”).
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