The Social Security (Adjudication) Amendment Regulations 1990
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1986 in the following respects —they add the definition “local office” to the interpretation provisions (regulation 2(2));they introduce a requirement that grounds of appeal should give sufficient particulars of the decision appealed against to enable it to be identified (regulation 3(2));they allow a chairman of a social security appeal tribunal or a medical appeal tribunal to give directions for the disposal of an appeal where he is satisfied that the tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal (regulation 3 (3));they provide that where there is a withdrawal of an application, appeal or reference any adjudication officer may give consent to the withdrawal (regulation 4);they provide for the omission of regulation 8 (which deals with medical references) which is spent following the repeal by paragraph 8 of Schedule 13 of the enabling power under which it was made from the Social Security Act 1975 (regulation 5);they amend regulation 21 to remove references to an appeal from a Secretary of State’s question (regulation 6);they amend regulation 24 to provide that except where an appeal has lapsed upon a review of a decision tribunals shall hold oral hearings of appeals; they also remove paragraphs (4) and (5) which are spent as a consequence of paragraph 9 of Schedule 13 ceasing to haveeffect by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 13 to the Social Security Act 1989 (regulation 7);they omit regulation 35 which allows a medical appeal tribunal to make a reference on a question of law to a Commissioner as the tribunal no longer has power to do that (regulation 8);they make consequential amendments to regulation 36 to remove references to a reference by a medical appeal tribunal to a Commissioner and make provision for a newly constituted medical appeal tribunal, except where a Commissioner directs otherwise, to hear a case which is remitted from a Commissioner (regulation 9);they introduce the extension of the time limit for application for review to the Attendance Allowance Board where there is a postal dispute (regulation 10).