4Unified appeal tribunals
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act—
(a)the functions of social security appeal tribunals, disability appeal tribunals and medical appeal tribunals constituted under Part II of the Administration Act;
(b)the functions of child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act; and
(c)the functions of vaccine damage tribunals established by regulations made under section 4 of the [1979 c. 17.] Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (“the Vaccine Damage Payments Act”),
are hereby transferred to appeal tribunals constituted under the following provisions of this Chapter.
(2)Accordingly appeals under—
(a)section 12 below;
(b)section 20 of the Child Support Act, as substituted by section 42 below;
(c)section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act, as substituted by section 46 below; and
(d)section 11 of the [1997 c. 27.] Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997,
shall be determined by appeal tribunals so constituted (in the following provisions of this Chapter referred to as “appeal tribunals”).