Social Security and Child Support rules and guidance

Procedure rules

The First-tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunal is governed by The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008.

Practice statements and directions

Those in the public domain include:

• Senior President of Tribunals Practice Statement: Delegation of functions to Legal Officers (Social Entitlement Chamber)
• Senior President of Tribunals Practice Statement: Delegation of functions to Registrars First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)
• Delegation of functions to staff in relation to the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal – on or after 1 October 2014
• Senior President of Tribunals Practice Statement: social security and child support cases
• Senior President of Tribunals Practice Statement on Record of Proceedings in Social Security and Child Support cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber – on or after 31.3.22

Forms, guidance and further information

For those appealing social security benefit and child support decisions to the First-tier Tribunal guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

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