20Transitional provision
(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 7 to have effect, during the transitional period, with such modifications as may be specified in the order.
(2)During the transitional period, section 8 is to have effect as if for subsections (6) and (7) there were substituted—
“(6)In this section and section 9, “appeal tribunal” means a medical appeal tribunal constituted under section 50 of the [1992 c. 5.] Social Security Administration Act 1992.”
(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 8 to have effect, during the transitional period, with such further modifications as may be specified in the order.
(4)“The transitional period” means the period beginning with the coming into force of section 1 and ending on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(5)Subsections (1) to (4) extend to England and Wales only.
(6)The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 7 to have effect, during the transitional period for Scotland, with such modifications as may be specified in the order.
(7)During the transitional period for Scotland, section 8 is to have effect as if for subsections (6) and (7) there were substituted—
“(6)In this section and section 9, “appeal tribunal” means—
(a)during the transitional period for England and Wales, a medical appeal tribunal constituted under section 50 of the [1992 c. 5.] Social Security Administration Act 1992;
(b)after that transitional period, an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the [1998 c. 14.] Social Security Act 1998.”
(8)The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 8 to have effect, during the transitional period for Scotland, with such further modifications as may be specified in the order.
(9)“The transitional period for Scotland” means the period beginning with the coming into force of section 1 and ending on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(10)Subsections (6) to (9) extend to Scotland only.