Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 19994
1
The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 199912 are amended as follows.
2
in regulation 6 (supersession of decisions)—
a
in paragraph (2)(c) for “the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal” substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or of a Commissioner”;
b
in sub-paragraph (2)(n) —
i
before “the First-tier Tribunal” in the first place it occurs insert “an appeal tribunal or”;
ii
for “decision of the First-tier Tribunal” substitute “decision of an appeal tribunal or the First-tier Tribunal”.
3
In regulation 6A(4A) (supersession of child support decisions) for “the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal” substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or of a Child Support Commissioner”13.
4
In regulation 6B(1) (circumstances in which a child support decision may not be superseded) for “the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal” substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a Child Support Commissioner”.
5
In regulation 7 (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect)—
a
in paragraph (5) for “the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal” in both places it occurs substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a Commissioner”;
b
in paragraph (33)—
i
for “the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal’s decision” substitute “the decision of the appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or the Commissioner”;
ii
after “the Upper Tribunal” insert "or the Commissioner”.
6
In paragraph 11 of Schedule 3D (effective dates for supersession of decisions of child support decisions)14 —
a
In sub-paragraph (a), for “the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal” substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or of a Child Support Commissioner”;
b
for “the First-tier Tribunal or, as the case may be, the Upper Tribunal” substitute “an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a Child Support Commissioner (as the case may be)”.