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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 257 (L. 8)

PENSIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Pensions Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2001

  Made 31st January 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 2nd February 2001 
  Coming into force 9th April 2001 

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943[1], and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992[2], hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Rules may be cited as the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 9th April 2001.

Interpretation
     2. A reference in these Rules to any rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales) Rules 1980[3].

Amendments to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales) Rules 1980
     3. In rule 2 - 

     4. In rule 3(1): - 

     5. At the end of rule 10 there shall be inserted "or direct that the appeal be struck out".

     6. In rule 11(1) the words in brackets shall be omitted.

     7. In rule 18, the word "shortly" shall be omitted.

     8. In rule 20(2)(b), after "hearing" there shall be inserted ", giving written reasons for the adjournment".

     9. In rule 33, the words "by the tribunal or" and "(if any)" shall be omitted.

     10. In rule 38, after "be discharged by" there shall be inserted "the Deputy President or, if there is no Deputy President or the Deputy President is for any reason unable to act, by".



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor's Department

31st January 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Rules)


These Rules amend the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales) Rules 1980 so as to reflect the amendments to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Acts made by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 and effect other minor changes. In particular, the Rules provide for - 

Notes:

 [1] 1943 c. 39. Paragraph 5 of the Schedule was amended by Part II of Schedule 5 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38) and section 16(6) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).back

[2] 1992 c. 35.back

[3] S.I. 1980/1120, as amended by S.I. 1986/366, 1988/1843 and 1998/1201.back

[4] The reference is to the definition of "mental disorder" in section 1(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).back

[5] Section 2B of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 was inserted by section 60(3) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19).back

[6] Section 5A of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 was inserted by section 57(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.back


ISBN 0 11 028637 5


 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 16 February 2001

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