The Social Security (Adjudication) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1991

Amendment of regulation 1 of the Adjudication Regulations

2.  In regulation 1 of the Adjudication Regulations (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) after the definition of the “the 1986 Act” there shall be added the following definition—

““the 1991 Act” means the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991(1);”;

(ii) in the definition of “adjudicating authority” after the words “medical appeal tribunal,” there shall be added the words “a disability appeal tribunal,” and the words “the Attendance Allowance Board” shall be omitted;

(iii) the definition of “the Attendance Allowance Board” shall be omitted;

(iv) after the definition of “Commissioner” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

““disability appeal tribunal” means a tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 10A to the 1975 Act(2);

“disability question” has the meaning assigned by regulation 26C(2);”

(v) in the definition of “full-time chairman”, after the words “chairman of appeal tribunals” there shall be inserted the words “, disability appeal tribunals”(3).

(vi) in the definition of “party to the proceedings”, in paragraph (b), after the words “appeal tribunal” there shall be inserted the words “or a disability appeal tribunal”;

(vii) in the definition of “President”, after the words “social security appeal tribunals” there shall be inserted the words “, disability appeal tribunals”; and

(b) paragraph (4) shall be omitted.

(1)

1991 c. 21.

(2)

Schedule 10A was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act.

(3)

See paragraph 1A(1) of Schedule 10 to the 1975 Act which was substituted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act.