Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations 1999 .

Amendments to the Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations 1999

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3. In regulation 4—

(a) at the beginning insert “ (1) ” ;

(b) in the definition of “the Act" for the words “the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ the 1998 Act ” ;

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(d) in the definition of “appeal tribunal" for the words “the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ the 1998 Act ” ;

(e) in the definition of “authorised officer" for the words “the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ the 1998 Act ” ;

(f) in the definition of “the chairman", in paragraph (ii), for the words “section 14 of the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ section 14 of the 1998 Act or paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act ” ;

(g) in the definition of “Commissioner" for the words “the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ the 1998 Act ” ;

(h) after the definition of “party" there shall be inserted the following definition—

“ “person affected" means, subject to paragraph (2), a person who is a person affected under regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decision and Appeals) Regulations 2001 provided that he is an appellant against the appeal tribunal’s decision or was a party to the appeal tribunal proceedings; ” ;

(i) after the definition of “proceedings" there shall be inserted the following definition—

“ “relevant authority" has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act; ” ;

(j) for the definition of “respondent" there shall be substituted the following definition—

“ “respondent" means—

(i) any person or organisation other than the applicant, appellant or person making the reference who is one of the principal parties as defined in section 13 of the 1998 Act,

(ii) any other person taking part in the proceedings in accordance with section 14 of the 1998 Act or as a person affected or as a relevant authority or at the direction or with the leave of the Commissioner,

(iii) the Secretary of State in any case where he is not otherwise a respondent and has given notice to the Commissioner of his wish to be joined as a party to the proceedings. ” ;

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5. In regulation 14—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “the Act" there shall be substituted the words “ the 1998 Act ” ;

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