The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2019

Saving provision relating to article 4

8.—(1) The amendments made by article 4 are to have no effect in relation to—

(a) the determination of any claim for benefit and any question arising out of the claim under article 51 of the 2011 Order, where the claim was made or treated as made before 8th April 2019;

(b) the decision of the Secretary of State following a reconsideration under article 53 of the 2011 Order, where the application for a reconsideration under article 53(1) or the appeal referred to in article 53(5) was made before 8th April 2019;

(c) the decision of the Secretary of State following a review under article 55, 56, 57 or 59, where the application for a review was made before 8th April 2019;

(d) the revision of a decision relating to benefit by an appropriate tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, a Commissioner or a court, where the notice of appeal was received before 8th April 2019.

(2) In this article—

(a) “appropriate tribunal” means the appropriate tribunal as defined in section 12(1) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (interpretation)(1);

(b) “a Commissioner” means a Northern Ireland Social Security Commissioner and includes a tribunal of Commissioners constituted under section 6D(5) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (procedure in proceedings before Commissioner).

(1)

1943 c. 39.