The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016

Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996

16.—(1) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1A (applicable amounts for persons who have attained or whose partner has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (3)—

(a) after “and that partner is” omit “blind or”;

(b) after “severely sight-impaired or is treated as” omit “blind or”.

(3) For sub-paragraph (4)(a) substitute the following—

“(a) a person is severely sight-impaired if they are registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in England under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults) or, as the case may be, registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (4)(b)—

(a) after “to be registered as” omit “blind or”;

(b) after “nevertheless to be treated as” omit “blind or”.