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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Determination of questions of special difficulty


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Point in time view as at 22/06/2016.
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Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Cross Heading: Determination of questions of special difficulty is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 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.

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Determination of questions of special difficultyN.I.
[54 Assessors.N.I.
(1)Where it appears to an authority to which this section applies that a matter before the authority involves a question of fact of special difficulty, then, unless regulations otherwise provide, the authority may direct that in dealing with that matter they shall have the assistance of one or more assessors.
(2)The authorities to which this section applies are—
(a)two or more adjudicating medical practitioners acting together;
(b)two or more specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioners, appointed by virtue of section 60 below, acting together;
(c)a social security appeal tribunal;
(d)a disability appeal tribunal;
(e)a medical appeal tribunal;
(f)a Commissioner;
(g)the Department.]
[55 Tribunal of 2 or 3 Commissioners.N.I.
(1)If it appears to the Chief Social Security Commissioner (or, in the case of his inability to act, to such other of the Commissioners as he may have nominated to act for the purpose) that an appeal falling to be heard by one of the Commissioners involves a question of law of special difficulty, he may direct that the appeal be dealt with, not by that Commissioner alone, but by a Tribunal consisting of any 2 or 3 of the Commissioners.
(2)If the decision of the Tribunal is not unanimous, the decision of the majority, or, in the case of a Tribunal consisting of 2 Commissioners, the decision of the presiding member, shall be the decision of the Tribunal.]
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