Part IDecisions and Appeals

Chapter IISocial Security Decisions and Appeals

Supplemental

39Interpretation etc. of Chapter II

(1)

In this Chapter—

F1“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of this Part;

F2“claimant”, in relation to a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance (within the meaning of the Jobseekers Act 1995), means the couple or either member of the couple;

F1“Commissioner” F3(except in the expression “tax appeal Commissioners”) means the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner, and includes a tribunal of three or more Commissioners constituted under section 16(7) above;

F4“claimant”, in relation to a couple jointly claiming universal credit, means the couple or either member of the couple;

F5“health care professional” means—

(a)

a registered medical practitioner,

(b)

a registered nurse,

(c)

an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999, or

(d)

a member of such other profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 as the Secretary of State may prescribe;

“relevant benefit” has the meaning given by section 8(3) above.

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F7(1A)

In this Chapter—

(a)

a reference to a benefit includes a reference to a loan under section 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016;

(b)

a reference to a claim for a benefit includes a reference to an application for a loan under section 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016;

(c)

a reference to a claimant includes a reference to an applicant for a loan under section 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 or, in relation to a couple jointly applying for a loan under that section, a reference to the couple or either member of the couple;

(d)

a reference to an award of a benefit to a person includes a reference to a decision that a person is eligible for a loan under section 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016;

(e)

a reference to entitlement to a benefit includes a reference to eligibility for a loan under section 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.

(2)

Expressions used in this Chapter to which a meaning is assigned by section 191 of the Administration Act have that meaning in this Chapter.

(3)

Part II of the Administration Act, which is superseded by the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, shall cease to have effect.