
1 
These regulations may be cited as the 
Social Security Adjudication (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1984
and shall come into operation on 23rd April 1984.
2 
In regulation
1(2) of the Social Security (Benefit)
(Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974
for the definition of “the determining authority” there shall
be substituted the following definition—“

 `“the determining authority”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act.'
”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act.'
3 
The Mobility
Allowance Regulations 1975
shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation
1(2) for the definition of “medical authority”
there shall be substituted the following definition—“

 `“medical authority”
 means a medical appeal tribunal, a medical
board as defined by regulation 30
of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984
 or any medical practitioner appointed or nominated
for the purposes of these regulations by the Secretary of State.';
”
 means a medical appeal tribunal, a medical
board as defined by regulation 30
of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984
 or any medical practitioner appointed or nominated
for the purposes of these regulations by the Secretary of State.';and
(b) in regulation
7(1)(a) for the reference to “
regulation 13(1)” there shall
be substituted a reference to “
regulation 53(1) of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984”.

4 
Regulation 6
 of the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle
Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977 shall
be amended as follows—
(a) for the heading to that regulation there
shall be substituted the following heading—“
Application of the principal
Act, the principal regulations and the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984 in relation to vehicle scheme beneficiaries
”;
and
(b) for paragraph
(b) of that regulation there shall be substituted
the following paragraphs—“
(b) the principal regulations
shall have effect as though regulation 2(1)(c)
 were omitted; and

(c) the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984
shall have effect as if—
(i) in regulation
54 after paragraph (1)(b)
there were inserted—“
or  
(c) 
the issue of a certificate under the Mobility
Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977.
”;
and
(ii) in regulation
60 after paragraph (3)
there were added—“
(4) Where the grounds of
an application under paragraph (2)
are that a certificate issued for the purposes of 
section 13 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1977 has been cancelled, the
adjudication officer may himself determine any medical question arising on
review adversely to the person in question without referring it to a medical
board and the provisions of regulations 55(3)
 and 56 to 59
shall apply to such determination as though it were a determination under 
regulation 55(2)(b).”.””
5 
For paragraph
(4) of regulation 26 of the Social
Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 there shall be substituted
the following paragraph—“
(4) In this regulation—

 “medical authority”
means a medical appeal tribunal, an adjudicating medical
authority or any medical practitioner appointed or nominated by the Secretary
of State.`; and
 “adjudicating medical authority”
 has the meaning assigned to it by 
regulation 30 of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984.”
6 
The Social Security
(General Benefit) Regulations 1982
shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation
9(1) for the reference to “
regulation 33 of the Social Security
(Determination of Claims and Questions) Regulations 1975”
 there shall be substituted a reference to “
regulation 84 of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984”;
and
(b) in regulation
41(4) for the reference to “
regulation 3 of the Social Security
(Correction and Setting Aside of Decisions) Regulations 1975”
 there shall be substituted a reference to “
regulation 10 of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984”.

7 
The Social Security
(Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1980 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation
1(2)—
(i) the definitions of “the Determination
of Claims and Questions Regulations”, “pneumoconiosis medical
board” and “pneumoconiosis medical panel” are revoked;
(ii) after the definition of “the Workmen's
Compensation Acts” there shall be inserted `
“the Adjudication Regulations” means the Social Security (Adjudication)
Regulations 1984'; and

(iii) after the definition of “silica
rock” there shall be inserted `“special
medical board” has the same meaning
as in regulation 30
of the Adjudication Regulations';
(b) in regulation
7(1)(b) for the reference to “
Part V of these regulations”
there shall be substituted a reference to “
Part IX of the Adjudication Regulations”
;
(c) in regulation
7(4) for the reference to “
regulation 31” there shall be
substituted a reference to “regulation
49 of the Adjudication Regulations”;

(d) in regulation
8(1) for the reference to “
Part V of these regulations”
there shall be substituted a reference to “
Part IX of the Adjudication Regulations”
;
(e) in regulation
9(1) for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“special medical board”;
(f) in regulation
9(2)(a) for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” in both places where it appears there shall be
substituted a reference to “special medical board”
and for the reference to “the Determination of Claims and Questions
Regulations” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“the Adjudication Regulations”;
(g) in regulation
9(2)(b) for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“special medical board”;
(h) in regulation
9(2)(c) for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“special medical board”;
(i) in regulation
38 for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“special medical board”;
(j) in regulation
39(1) for the reference to “
Part V of these regulations”
there shall be substituted a reference to “
Part IX of the Adjudication Regulations”
 and for the reference to “
regulation 25(2)” there shall
be substituted a reference to “
regulation 43(2) of the Adjudication Regulations”
;
(k) in regulation
46 the words “the proviso to”
 are revoked;
(l) in regulation
51 for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” in both places where it occurs there shall be
substituted a reference to “special medical board”;
and
(m) in regulation
53(2) for the reference to “pneumoconiosis
medical board” there shall be substituted a reference to 
“special medical board”.
8 
The Child Benefit
(Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations 1976
shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation
8(2)(a) for the reference to “
regulation 21 of the Child Benefit
(Determination of Claims and Questions) Regulations 1976”
 there shall be substituted a reference to “
regulation 80 of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984”;
and
(b) for paragraph
(3) of regulation 8 there shall be substituted
the following paragraph—“
(3) in 
paragraph (2) `determining
authority' means, as the case may be,
the Chief Adjudication Officer appointed under 
section 97(1B) of the Social Security
Act 1975, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;”
9 
The Child Benefit
(Claims and Payments) Regulations 1976
shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “determining
authority” in regulation 1(2)
the following definition—“

 `“determining authority”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'
”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'
10 
The Child Benefit
(Interim Payments) Regulations 1983 shall be
amended by substituting for the words after “
Child Benefit Act 1975, and”
the words—“

 `“determining authority”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'
”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'
11 
Regulation 12(2)
 of the Employment Protection (Recoupment
of Unemployment Benefit and Supplementary Benefit) Regulations 1977
shall be amended by substituting for the reference to “
section 15(1) of the Supplementary
Benefits Act 1976” a reference
to “regulation 71
of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984
”.
12 
The Supplementary
Benefit (Transitional) Regulations 1980
shall be amended as follows—
(a) for paragraph
(3) of regulation 3 there shall be substituted
the following paragraph—“
(3) 
Regulation 71 of the Social Security
(Adjudication) Regulations 1984 (appeals to
appeal tribunals) shall apply to a determination to which 
paragraph (2) applies as if that determination
had been made under Part XII
of those regulations.”and
(b) in regulation
4(2) the words “pursuant to 
section 14(2)(d) of the 1976 Act as amended
by the 1980 Act (review of determinations),” are revoked.
13 
In regulation
18 of the Supplementary Benefit (Trade
Disputes and Recovery from Earnings) Regulations 1980 the words “under 
section 15 or 15A”
 and “pursuant to section
14(2)(d)” are revoked.
14 
The Supplementary
Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1980 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation
1(2) after the definition of “the Act”
there shall be inserted the following definition—“

 `“Adjudication Regulations”
 means the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984';

”
 means the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984';

(b) in regulation
6(1) for the reference to “
regulations 4 and 5”
 there shall be substituted a reference to “the Adjudication
Regulations”;
(c) in regulation
7(1)(b) the words “under 
regulation 4” are revoked;
(d) in regulation
7(1)(b)(i) for the reference to “
regulation 4(5)” there shall
be substituted a reference to “
regulation 87(5) of the Adjudication Regulations”
 and for the reference to “
regulation 87(5)(b)” there shall
be substituted a reference to “
regulation 87(5)(b) of the Adjudication Regulations”
; and
(e) in regulation
7(1)(c) the words “under 
regulation 4” are revoked.
15 
The Supplementary
Benefit (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1981
shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation
2(1) the definition of “Determination
of Questions Regulations” is revoked and after the definition of “the
Act” there shall be inserted the following definition—“

 `“Adjudication Regulations”
 means the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984;'

”
 means the 
Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984;'

(b) 
(i) in regulation
6(2) the words “pursuant to 
regulation 4 of the Determination of Questions
Regulations (review of determination)”;
(ii) in regulation
8(a)(i) the words “issued pursuant
to regulation 3(1)
of the Determination of Questions Regulations”;
(iii) in regulation
17(2B) the words “pursuant to 
regulation 4(1) of the Determination of Questions
Regulations (review of determinations)”,are revoked.
16 
The Supplementary
Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Regulations 1981
shall be amended as follows—
(a) after paragraph
(2) of regulation 12 there shall be inserted
the following paragraph—“
(2A) A direction shall
not come into force—
(a) until the expiration of the period within
which, without any extension time, an appeal against it may be brought in
pursuance of regulation 71
of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984
; and
(b) if during that period such an appeal
is brought, until the appeal is withdrawn or the direction is confirmed by
the appeal tribunal.”
(b) in regulation
12(3)(a) the words “in accordance
with rules made pursuant to paragraph 9 of Schedule
4 to the Act (Appeal Tribunal) or 
section 15A (appeals to Commissioners)”
; and
(c) in regulation
12(3)(b) the words “pursuant to 
regulation 4 of the Determination of Questions
Regulations”,
are revoked.
17 
In regulation
1(2) of the Family Income Supplements
(General) Regulations 1980
the definitions of “Appeal Tribunal” and “supplement officer”
are revoked, and for the definition of “determining authority”
there shall be substituted the following definition—“

 `“determining authority”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'.
”
 means , as the case may be, the Chief
Adjudication Officer appointed under section
97(1B) of the Social Security Act 1975
, any other adjudication officer appointed
under section 97(1)
of that Act, a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E) of that
Act, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed under 
section 97(3) of that Act or a tribunal of
3 such Commissioners constituted under section
116 of that Act;'.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Tony Newton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health and Social Security
27th March 1984We consent.
T. Garel-Jones
Alastair Goodlad
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
28th March 1984