The Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 217

PART 6 Provisions relating to age

Exceptions to Article 88 where entitlement exists or claim made before relevant age

25.  Article 88(1) does not apply where C has reached the relevant age if C—

(a) was entitled to an award of either or both components on the day preceding the day on which C reached the relevant age; or

(b) made a claim for personal independence payment before reaching the relevant age and that claim was not determined before C reached that age but an award of either or both components would be made in respect of C but for Article 88(1).