2. For regulation 27 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1) (exceptional circumstances) there shall be substituted the following regulation –
“27. A person who is not incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment shall be treated as incapable of work if –
(a)he suffers from a previously undiagnosed potentially life-threatening condition;
(b)he suffers from some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement and, by reason of such disease or disablement, there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if he were found capable of work;
(c)he suffers from a severe uncontrolled or uncontrollable disease; or
(d)he will, within three months of the date on which the doctor examines him, have a major surgical operation or other major therapeutic procedure.”.
S.R. 1995 No. 41; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 601 and S.R. 2000 No. 4