Section Sch1-37 — Social Security Act 2018: Chief executive reviews

37 Chief executive reviews (1) Subpart 3 of Part 6, and all related provisions, of this Act apply (with all necessary modifications), and section 81 of the Social Security Act 1964 does not apply, to a benefit granted before the changeover (whether or not the benefit is continued under clause 4 ), if the chief executive— (a) immediately before the changeover could have begun under section 81 of the Social Security Act 1964 (apart from, or with, section 124(2) and (2A) of that Act) a review of the benefit; and (b) did not begin, before the changeover, and under section 81 of the Social Security Act 1964, a review of the benefit. (2) Reviews by the chief executive begun under section 81 of the Social Security Act 1964 (apart from, or with, section 124(2) and (2A) of that Act), and not withdrawn or completed at the changeover, may be continued or completed by MSD as if they were reviews under subpart 3 of Part 6 (review of entitlement to, or rate of, benefit granted). (3) Requirements made under section 81(1) of the Social Security Act 1964 to provide information, if not withdrawn and not met at the changeover, are saved as if they were requirements made under section 305(1) (information for review). (4) Suspensions, terminations, or variations of rate, of benefit, and effected under section 81(1) of the Social Security Act 1964 are saved as if they were equivalent suspensions, cancellations, or variations, effected under section 305(2) (information for review).