The Social Security (Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations

2.—(1) The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) the definition of “HSS trust”(2) shall be omitted.

(3) In regulation 6(2A)(3) (hospitalisation) after “and to end on the day” there shall be inserted “before the day”.

(4) In regulation 7A(2)(b)(ii)(4) (persons to whom regulations 7 and 8 apply with modifications) for “paragraphs (4) to (7)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (4) to (6)”.

(5) In regulation 8 (exemption from regulations 6 and 7)—

(a) in paragraphs (4) and (6)(5) “, except in a case to which paragraph (7) applies,” shall be omitted; and

(b) paragraph (7)(6) shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 20; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1992 Nos. 143 and 481, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149 and 165, S.R. 1994 Nos. 65 and 263, S.R. 1995 No. 59, S.R. 1996 No. 289 and S.R. 1999 Nos. 221 and 428 (C. 32)

(2)

The definition of “HSS trust” was added by paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 16 to S.R. 1994 No. 65

(3)

Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1999 No. 221

(4)

Regulation 7A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 263 and amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1995 No. 59 and Article 6(3)(a) of S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32)

(5)

Paragraphs (4) to (6) were added by regulation 5(4)(b) of S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1993 No. 165, regulation 17 of S.R. 1996 No. 289 and Article 6(3)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32)

(6)

Paragraph (7) was added by regulation 2(3)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 165 and amended by paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 16 to S.R. 1994 No. 65