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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)

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Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)

149(1)For subsection (1) of section 10 of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (review of certificates of recoverable benefits) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(1)Any certificate of recoverable benefits may be reviewed by the Secretary of State—

(a)either within the prescribed period or in prescribed cases or circumstances; and

(b)either on an application made for the purpose or on his own initiative.

(2)At the end of subsection (2) of that section there shall be inserted the words or

(c)revoke the certificate.

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I1Sch. 7 para. 149 in force at 29.11.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 21-23)

I2Sch. 7 para. 149(1) in force at 4.3.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/528, art. 2(a), Sch.

150(1)At the end of subsection (1) of section 11 of that Act (appeals against certificates of recoverable benefits) there shall be inserted the words or

(c)that listed benefits which have not been, and are not likely to be, paid to the injured person during the relevant period have been brought into account, or

(d)that the payment on the basis of which the certificate was issued is not a payment within section 1(1)(a).

(2)In subsection (2) of that section, after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(aa)(in a case where that certificate was issued under section 7(2)(a)) the person to whom it was so issued, or.

(3)Subsection (6) of that section shall cease to have effect.

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I3Sch. 7 para. 150 in force at 29.11.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 21-23)

151(1)For subsections (1) and (2) of section 12 of that Act (reference of questions to medical appeal tribunal) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(1)The Secretary of State must refer an appeal under section 11 to an appeal tribunal.

(2)In subsection (3) of that section, for the words “any question referred to it under subsection (1)” there shall be substituted the words “any appeal under section 11”.

(3)In subsection (4) of that section—

(a)for the words “a reference under subsection (1) a medical appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “an appeal under section 11 an appeal tribunal”; and

(b)at the end there shall be inserted the words or

(c)declare that the certificate of recoverable benefits is to be revoked.

(4)In subsection (5) of that section—

(a)for the words “the decisions of the tribunal on the questions referred to it under subsection (1), he must in accordance with those decisions” there shall be substituted the words “the decision of the tribunal on the appeal under section 11, he must in accordance with that decision”; and

(b)at the end there shall be inserted the words or

(c)revoke the certificate.

(5)The following shall cease to have effect, namely—

(a)subsection (6) of that section;

(b)in subsection (7) of that section, the words “under subsection (6)(b)”; and

(c)subsection (8) of that section.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 7 para. 151 in force at 29.11.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 21-23)

152F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)In subsection (2) of that section—

(a)the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect; and

(b)after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(bb)(in a case where that certificate was issued under section 7(2)(a)) the person to whom it was so issued, or.

F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)Subsection (4) of that section shall cease to have effect.

F3153. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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