The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Invitations to persons entitled to disability living allowance to claim personal independence payment
4Claims by persons entitled to disability living allowance for personal independence payment other than by invitation
5Persons under 16 not entitled to claim personal independence payment
6Persons in the course of claiming disability living allowance not entitled to claim personal independence payment
7Form of notification inviting a person to claim personal independence payment
8Making a claim for personal independence payment following notification
9Suspension of disability living allowance where no claim for personal independence payment made
10Further opportunity to claim personal independence payment
11Termination of entitlement to disability living allowance following failure to claim personal independence payment
12Defective claims by voluntary transfer claimants
13Failure to provide information etc.
14Express intention not to claim personal independence payment
15Withdrawal of claim for personal independence payment
16Death before or after making claim for personal independence payment
17Procedure following and consequences of determination of claim for personal independence payment
18Extension of certain fixed term period awards of disability living allowance for persons reaching 16
19General power to extend fixed term period awards of disability living allowance
20Notifications of change of circumstances
21Extinguishment of rights of appeal etc. under disability living allowance regime
22Extinguishment of right to claim disability living allowance
23Assessment of claim: transfer claimants to be taken to meet part of the required period condition
24Assessment of claim: date by reference to which assessment is to be made
25Treatment of persons in hospital or care home during transfer to personal independence payment
26Temporary absence from Northern Ireland when transfer claimant becomes entitled to personal independence payment
27Persons aged 65 and over to be entitled to personal independence payment in certain circumstances
27ARevision and supersession of an award of personal independence payment in certain circumstances
28Persons unable to act: claims for personal independence payment
29Persons unable to act: transfer to personal independence payment
30Application of these Regulations to certain persons becoming entitled to disability living allowance while claiming personal independence payment
31Disabled people: badges for motor vehicles

2016 No. 227

Social Security

The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into operation

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 98 and 99 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20151.

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.