5(1)In Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (housing benefit and council tax benefit), paragraph 4 (decisions superseding earlier decisions) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In sub-paragraph (1), the “and” at the end of paragraph (a) is repealed and after that paragraph there is inserted—
“(aa)any decision under this Schedule of an appeal tribunal or a Commissioner, and”.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)after “the decision appealed against to“ there is inserted “the tribunal or”;
(b)after “the decision being appealed against to” there is inserted “ the Commissioner or ”.
(4)After sub-paragraph (6) there is inserted—
“(7)In this paragraph—
“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1998 (the functions of which have been transferred to the First-tier Tribunal);
“Commissioner” means a person appointed as a Social Security Commissioner under Schedule 4 to that Act (the functions of whom have been transferred to the Upper Tribunal), and includes a tribunal of such persons.”