Amendments to the principal Regulations23

1

Regulation 33 shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1)—

a

after the words “Secretary of State”, where those words first occur, there shall be inserted the words “or the Board”;

b

after the words “Secretary of State accepts” there shall be inserted the words “or the Board accept”.

3

In paragraph (2)—

a

the word “and” immediately following sub-paragraph (d) shall be omitted;

b

after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

dd

in the case of an appeal against a decision relating to working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit, a Tax Credits Office of the Board, and.

4

In paragraphs (3) and (5) to (9) after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the Board”.

5

In paragraph (4)—

a

after the words “Secretary of State is satisfied” there shall be inserted the words “or the Board are satisfied”;

b

after the word “he” there shall be inserted the words “or they”.

6

In paragraph (7) after the words “Secretary of State's”, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or the Board's”.