These Regulations reinstate powers to change decisions made by the social security appeal tribunals and the Child Support and Social Security Commissioners before their functions transferred to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunals.
Legislation Affected
SI 2001/1002, SI 1999/991, SI 1996/2907, SI 1992/1813 amended
Summary
Purpose
The Secretary of State, local authorities and the Child Maintenace and Enforcement Commission will now have the power to change decisions made under the old as well as the new regime.
Decision changes are usually made to reflect a change in the claimant’s circumstances since the tribunal made its decision.
Background
In November 2008 the Ministry of Justice legislated to abolish the social security appeal tribunals and the Child Support and Social Security Commissioners and transferred their functions to the new appeals system: the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.
While the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008, SI 2008/2683 ensured the Secretary of State, local
