These regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Interim Payments) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 7th March 1983.

In these regulations, “the Act” means the Child Benefit Act 1975, and F1“determining authority” means, as the case may be, the Chief Adjudication Officer appointed under section 97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975, any other adjudication officer appointed under section 97(1) of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of 3 such Commissioners constituted under section 116 of that Act;