The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991

2.—(1) The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 8 (hospitalisation)—

(a) for the title, substitute “Hospitalisation of persons aged 18 or over”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “Subject to” insert “paragraph (2B) and”;

(c) at the end add—

“(2B) This regulation does not apply to a person who was under the age of 18 on the day on which he entered the hospital or other similar institution referred to in paragraph (1) to begin his current period as an in-patient.”.

(3) In regulation 10 (exemption from regulation 8 and 9)—

(a) omit paragraph (2);

(b) in paragraph (3) omit “or, as the case may be, paragraph (2)”;

(c) in paragraph (5) for “paragraphs (1) and (2)” substitute “paragraph (1)”.

(4) In regulation 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases)—

(a) in the title, after “Hospitalisation” insert “of persons aged 18 or over”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “Subject to” insert “paragraph (3) and”;

(c) at the end add—

“(3) This regulation does not apply to a person who was under the age of 18 on the day on which he entered the hospital or other similar institution referred to in paragraph (1) to begin his current period as an in-patient.”.

(5) In regulation 12B (exemption from regulation 12A)—

(a) omit paragraph (1)(b) and the word “or” preceding it;

(b) in paragraph (7), omit “or, as the case may be, paragraph (1)(b)”.

(1)

S.I. 1991/2890 amended by S.I. 1992/633, 1992/2869, 1992/3147, 1993/518, 1996/1436, 1996/1767, 1999/2860, 1999/1326, 2000/1401 and 2013/389.