SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT (DEPENDENCY) REGULATIONS 1977

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In regulation 1(2) M1 (interpretation), for the definition of “the determining authority" there shall be substituted the following definition–

“determining authority" means, as the case may require, the Secretary of State, an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 (“an appeal tribunal") or a Commissioner within the meaning of section 39(1) of that Act;