Section 82.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 3(1)(c), 3(2)(a)–(g), (j), 11, 12 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1
2(1)In this Part—N.I.
“the Commissioners” means the Chief and other Social Security Commissioners for Northern Ireland;
“the Department”, except in the expression “the Department of Finance and Personnel”, means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.
(2)The references in paragraphs 3(1)(b) and 4 to service by any person as a Commissioner include references to service treated as service as a Commissioner under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 10 to the M1Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (service under former enactments).
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3(1)The following functions of the Department are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor—N.I.
(a)the functions of the Department under paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (payment of remuneration, expenses, and pensions of the Commissioners);
(b)the functions of the Department under the provisions of the M2Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (lump sums and widow’s and children’s pensions) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the M3Administration of Justice Act 1973 (increase of certain widow’s and children’s pensions) so far as those provisions apply to service by any person as a Commissioner;
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(d)the making, under or for the purposes of the enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, of regulations with respect to proceedings before the Commissioners, whether for the determination of any matter or for leave to appeal to or from the Commissioners.
(2)The enactments referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above are—
(a)—(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(h)Article 6 of the M4Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982;
(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 3(1)(c), 3(2)(a)–(g), (j), 11, 12 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1
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4(1)The functions of the Department of Finance and Personnel, so far as they relate to the functions transferred by paragraph 3 above, are hereby transferred to the Treasury.N.I.
(2)The functions of the Department of Finance and Personnel under the M5Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951, so far as it applies to service by any person as a Commissioner, are hereby transferred to the Treasury.
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5N.I.The functions of the Secretary of State under paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (power of Secretary of State to require person retired on medical grounds to resume duties of Commissioner) are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor.
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 6 repealed (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15; S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
7N.I.Regulations made by the Lord Chancellor by virtue of this Part of this Schedule shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the M6Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.
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8(1)Enactments and instruments passed or made before the coming into operation of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the transfers effected by this Part as if—N.I.
(a)references to the Department or to the Secretary of State were references to the Lord Chancellor; and
(b)references to the Department of Finance and Personnel were references to the Treasury; and
(c)references to moneys appropriated by Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly were references to money provided by Parliament and references to the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland were references to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(2)This Part of this Schedule shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as done) by or in relation to the Department, the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Secretary of State before the coming into operation of this Part, and anything which at the time of the coming into operation of this Part is in process of being done by or in relation to either of those Departments or the Secretary of State may, if it relates to a function transferred by this Part, be continued by or in relation to the Lord Chancellor or the Treasury, as the case may require.
(3)Anything done (or having effect as done) by the Department, the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Secretary of State for the purpose of a function transferred by this Part of this Schedule, if in force at the coming into operation of this Part, shall have effect, as far as required for continuing its effect after the coming into operation of this Part, as if done by the Lord Chancellor or by the Treasury, as the case may require.
(4)The amendments specified in Part III of this Schedule are without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph.
9U.K.In section 16 of the Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (recommendation required for payments conditional on eligibility for Commissioners’ pensions) for the words “Department of Health and Social Services” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. 9 Pt. III paras. 9, 10, 13 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
10(1)In paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (payment of remuneration, expenses and pensions of the Commissioners)—U.K.
(a)for the word “Department” in each place where it occurs (except in the expression “Department of Finance”) there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”;
(b)for the words “Department of Finance” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the word “Treasury”.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) of the said paragraph 6 for the words “moneys appropriated by Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly” there shall be substituted the words “money provided by Parliament”.
(3)In sub-paragraph (5) of the said paragraph 7 for the words “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. 9 Pt. III paras. 9, 10, 13 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 3(1)(c), 3(2)(a)–(g), (j), 11, 12 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), Sch. 1
13U.K.In Article 6(2) of the Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (regulations for purposes of determinations by Social Security Commissioner), for the words “Department of Health and Social Services” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of Sch. 9 Pt. III paras. 9, 10, 13 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.