Social Security
(Amendment No. 22) (Jersey) Law 2014
A LAW to amend further the Social
Security (Jersey) Law 1974
Adopted by the
States 24th September 2014
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th December 2014
Registered by the
Royal Court 19th
December 2014
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Article 34 of the Social Security (Jersey)
Law 1974 substituted
For Article 34 of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[1] there shall be substituted
the following Articles –
“34 Social
Security Medical Appeals Tribunal
(1) The Minister shall, by Order, prescribe the
constitution of the Social Security Medical Appeals Tribunal.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Law, the Minister
may, by Order, prescribe procedures to be followed by the Social Security
Medical Appeals Tribunal in the discharge of its functions under this Law.
(1) The Minister shall appoint medical boards,
each consisting of one or 2 medical practitioners.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Law, the
Minister may, by Order, prescribe the procedures to be followed by a medical
board in the discharge of its functions under this Law.”.
2 Amendments
consequential upon Article 1
In the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[2] –
(a) in Article 1(1) –
(i) after the definition “LTC contribution” there
shall be inserted the following definition –
“medical
board” means a board appointed under Article 34AA;”,
(ii) after the definition “Social Security Fund”
there shall be inserted the following definition –
“‘Social Security
Medical Appeals Tribunal’ means the Tribunal constituted
under Article 34;”;
(b) in paragraphs (1) and (4) of Article 34B, for the words “a medical appeal tribunal”
there shall be substituted the words “the Social Security Medical Appeals
Tribunal”;
(c) in the heading to Article 34C,
for the words “medical appeals tribunals” there shall be
substituted the words “the Social Security Medical Appeals
Tribunal”;
(d) in Article 34C –
(i) in paragraph (1), for the words “a medical appeal
tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “the Social Security
Medical Appeals Tribunal”,
(ii) in paragraph (2), for the words “the medical
appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “the Social
Security Medical Appeals Tribunal”;
(e) in Article 34D –
(i) paragraphs (1), (2) and (4), for the words “or
medical appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “or
by the Social Security Medical Appeals Tribunal”,
(ii) in paragraph (6), for the words “a medical appeal
tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “the Social Security
Medical Appeals Tribunal”.
3 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment No. 22)
(Jersey) Law 2014 and shall come into force one month after it is registered.
m.n. de la haye, o.b.e.
Greffier of the States