Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal regulations

8.  In regulation 20(1) of the principal regulations (notification of decisions) for “be informed of his right of appeal” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the following—

• “be informed—

  (a)

  in the case of a decision of an adjudication officer—

  (i)

  under section 99 of the 1975 Act(1) relating to attendance allowance, disability living allowance or disability working allowance, or

  (ii)

  on a review under section 100A(2) or (4) or section 104A of that Act(2),

  of his right to a review under section 100A(1) of that Act;

  (b)

  in the case of a decision of an adjudication officer under section 100A(1) of that Act, of his right of appeal—

  (i)

  to a disability appeal tribunal where the appeal relates to the determination of a disability question, and

  (ii)

  to an appeal tribunal in any other case; and

  (c)

  in all other cases, of his right of appeal to an appeal tribunal under section 100 of that Act(3).”.

(1)

Section 99 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18)); paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1342 (N.I. 13)) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

(2)

Sections 100A and 104A were inserted by paragraphs 5 and 9 respectively of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

(3)

Section 100 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 and by Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)) and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991