SCHEDULE 4Persons employed in social security administration or adjudication
Part IIConstruction of references to government departments etc.
F11
The reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to the Department for Work and Pensions is a reference to that Department only to the extent that the functions carried out in it relate to social security, F2to the investigation or prosecution of offences relating to tax credits, to child support or to occupational or personal pension schemes.
1A
The reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to the Department for Work and Pensions includes a reference to—
(a)
the former Department of Social Security,
(b)
the former Department for Education and Employment, to the extent that the functions carried out in it related to a jobseeker's allowance or to unemployment benefit or income support or to the former supplementary benefit,
(c)
the former Department of Health and Social Security, to the extent that the functions carried out in it related to social security or to occupational or personal pension schemes or to war pensions,
(d)
the former Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance,
(e)
the former Ministry of Social Security and
(f)
any other former government department, to the extent that the functions carried out in related to social security or to occupational or personal pensions or to war pensions,
and paragraph 1 above does not apply for the purposes of this paragraph.
F31B
The reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to the Scottish Administration is a reference to that Administration only to the extent that the functions carried out by persons in its employ—
(a)
relate to social security, or
(b)
are, or are connected with, functions of the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal which relate to social security or to occupational or personal pension schemes or to war pensions or functions of the Chief, or any other, Social Security Commissioner.
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Any reference in Part I of this Schedule to the F4Ministry of Justice F5F6... or or the Scottish Courts Administration is a reference to F7that Ministry or Administration only to the extent that the functions carried out by persons in its employ are, or are connected with—
(a)
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F103ZA.
Any reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to the Ministry of Justice includes a reference to—
(a)
the former Lord Chancellor’s Department, and
(b)
the former Department of Constitutional Affairs,
to the extent that the functions carried out by persons in its employ were, or were connected with, functions of the Chief, or any other, Social Security Commissioner (and paragraph 3 above does not apply for the purposes of this paragraph).
F113A
The reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to the Ministry of Defence is a reference to it only to the extent that the functions carried out in it relate to war pensions.
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In this Part of this Schedule “war pension” has the meaning given by section 25(4) of the M1Social Security Act 1989.