Part IDecisions and Appeals

Chapter IGeneral

Appeals

I64Unified appeal tribunals

1

Subject to the provisions of this Act—

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the functions of social security appeal tribunals, disability appeal tribunals and medical appeal tribunals constituted under Part II of the Administration Act;

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the functions of child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act; and

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the functions of vaccine damage tribunals established by regulations made under section 4 of the [1979 c. 17.] Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (“the Vaccine Damage Payments Act”),

are hereby transferred to appeal tribunals constituted under the following provisions of this Chapter.

2

Accordingly appeals under—

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section 12 below;

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section 20 of the Child Support Act, as substituted by section 42 below;

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section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act, as substituted by section 46 below; and

d

section 11 of the [1997 c. 27.] Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997,

shall be determined by appeal tribunals so constituted (in the following provisions of this Chapter referred to as “appeal tribunals”).