Social Security Act 1986

3(1)The following functions of the Department are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor—N.I.

(a)the functions of the Department under paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (payment of remuneration, expenses, and pensions of the Commissioners);

(b)the functions of the Department under the provisions of the M1Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (lump sums and widow’s and children’s pensions) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the M2Administration of Justice Act 1973 (increase of certain widow’s and children’s pensions) so far as those provisions apply to service by any person as a Commissioner;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(d)the making, under or for the purposes of the enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, of regulations with respect to proceedings before the Commissioners, whether for the determination of any matter or for leave to appeal to or from the Commissioners.

(2)The enactments referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above are—

(a)—(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(h)Article 6 of the M3Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982;

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1