(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by -
(a) the deletion in section 251 of ", except the provisions relating to supplementary welfare allowance,",
(b) the insertion after section 257 of the following section:
"257A. Where a person is dissatisfied with the determination of an appeal by him or her under section 267 in relation to a claim for supplementary welfare allowance, the question shall, on notice of appeal being given to the health board within the prescribed time, be forwarded by the board to the Chief Appeals Officer for referral to an appeals officer.",
(c) the substitution in section 257(3) for "under subsection (1), shall not be confined to the grounds on which the decision of the deciding officer was based," of "under subsection (1) or section 257A, shall not be confined to the grounds on which the decision of the deciding officer, or the determination of the officer of the health board, as the case may require, was based,",
(d) the insertion in section 265 after "