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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 29th December 1999.
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(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 7(2)(c) (date from which a decision superseded under Article 11 takes effect) for head (iii) there shall be substituted the following head—“
(iii) in any other case, except in the case of a decision which supersedes a disability benefit decision, or an incapacity benefit decision where there has been an incapacity determination (whether before or after the decision), from the date of the change.”.
(3) In the heading to Part V (appeal tribunals for social security, contracting-out of pensions and child support) after “Pensions” there shall be inserted “, Vaccine Damage”.
(4) In regulation 36(2) (composition of appeal tribunals) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(b) one or two medically qualified panel members or one medically qualified panel member and an additional member drawn from the panel for the purposes described in paragraph (5) where—
(i) the issue, or one of the issues, raised on the appeal relates to industrial injuries benefit under Part V of the Contributions and Benefits Act or severe disablement allowance under section 68 of that Act, or
(ii) the appeal is made under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 26th November 1999.
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
