Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943

[F1 5A Appeals in other cases. U.K.

(1) Where, in the case of [F2 a claim to which this section applies], the Minister makes a specified decision—

(a) he shall notify the claimant of the decision, specifying the ground on which it is made, and

(b) thereupon an appeal against the decision shall lie to the [F3 appropriate tribunal] on the issue whether the decision was rightly made on that ground.

[F4 (1A) This section applies to—

(a) any such claim as is referred to in section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act;

(b) a claim under a scheme mentioned in section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (compensation schemes for armed and reserve forces).]

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a “specified decision” is a decision (other than a decision which is capable of being the subject of an appeal under any other provision of this Act) which is of a kind specified by the Minister in regulations F5 . . . .

(3) F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 5A inserted (15.11.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 9.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 57(1) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(4)(a)(b)

F2 Words in s. 5A(1) substituted (21.1.2005 ) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 5, 8, Sch. 1 para. 2(2); S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.

F3 Words in s. 5A(1)(b) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 10

F4 S. 5A(1A) inserted (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), Sch. 1 para. 2(3); S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.

F5 Words in s. 5A(2) repealed (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7, 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.

F6 S. 5A(3) repealed (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7(4), 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.