The Social Security Contributions, etc. (Decisions and Appeals—Transitional Modifications) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/978
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions, etc. (Decisions and Appeals—Transitional Modifications) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999.

Section 2 Modification of enactments

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, until Chapter II of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 (social security decisions and appeals) is wholly in force, any enactment specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply with respect to—

(a) any such question as is mentioned in—

(i) paragraph (b) of section 17(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (questions for the Secretary of State) in so far as that question does not raise an issue of a kind specified in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of section 8(1) of the Act (decisions by officers of Board of Inland Revenue), or

(ii) paragraph (e) or (f) of that section 17(1);

(b) any question which is, by virtue of section 170(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (determination of questions by the Secretary of State), included in the questions to which that section 17(1) applies; or

(c) any decision to which article 4(6) of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (decisions to which Part II of the Act is not to apply) applies.