Point in time view as at 31/10/2019.
Welfare Reform Act 2012, Paragraph 2 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.
2(1)Section 4 (appeals to appeal tribunals) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)After subsection (1A) there is inserted—
“(1B)If the claimant's address is not in Northern Ireland, regulations may provide that, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, there is a right of appeal only if the Secretary of State has considered whether to reverse the decision under section 3A.
(1C)The regulations may in particular provide that that condition is met only where—
(a)the consideration by the Secretary of State was on an application,
(b)the Secretary of State considered issues of a specified description, or
(c)the consideration by the Secretary of State satisfied any other condition specified in the regulations.”
(3)At the end of subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(c)provision that, where in accordance with regulations under subsection (1B) there is no right of appeal against a decision, any purported appeal may be treated as an application to reverse the decision under section 3A.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 para. 2 in force at 25.2.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 18, 24
I2Sch. 11 para. 2 in force at 29.4.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/983, art. 8
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