Section Sch1-51 — Social Security Act 2018: Appeals to appeal authority

51 Appeals to appeal authority (1) Subpart 3 of Part 7 applies (with all necessary modifications), and the provisions of the Social Security Act 1964 about appeals to the Social Security Appeal Authority do not apply, to a decision made before the changeover, and made in relation to an applicant, a beneficiary, or any other person who, or made in relation to an estate whose personal representative,— (a) immediately before the changeover could have begun under sections 12J and 12K of that Act (within a specified, or a further allowed, period) an appeal against the decision; and (b) before the changeover did not begin under sections 12J and 12K of that Act an appeal against the decision. (2) Appeals begun under section 12K of the Social Security Act 1964 and not withdrawn or finally determined at the changeover must be completed under subpart 3 of Part 7. (3) Every appeal authority established by or under section 12A or 12D of the Social Security Act 1964 and existing at the changeover continues as if it were established by or under Schedule 8. (4) Despite subclause (3), members of a special appeal authority under section 12D of the Social Security Act 1964 who hold office at the changeover— (a) have no maximum term of office under clause 4(3)(a) of Schedule 8; and (b) cease to hold office only under clause 3 of Schedule 8 and by death, resignation, or removal from office.