Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations

8.  In regulation 9 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) (persons in certain accommodation other than hospitals)—

(a)in paragraph (8)(c) for “residential homes” there shall be substituted “residential care homes, nursing homes or independent hospitals”, and

(b)after paragraph (8) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(9) In paragraph (8)—

“independent hospital” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;

“nursing home” has the meaning it has for the purposes of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 by virtue of Article 11 of that Order;

“residential care home” has the meaning it has for the purposes of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 by virtue of Article 10 of that Order..

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 32; paragraph (8) was amended by regulation 3 of S.R. 2002 No. 31