Disability living allowance shall consist of a care component and a mobility component.

A person’s entitlement to a disability living allowance may be an entitlement to either component or to both of them.

A person may be awarded either component for a fixed period or F1for an indefinite period, but if his award of a disability living allowance consists of both components, he may not be awarded the components for different fixed periods.

The weekly rate of a person’s disability living allowance for a week for which he has only been awarded one component is the appropriate weekly rate for that component as determined in accordance with this Act or regulations under it.

The weekly rate of a person’s disability living allowance for a week for which he has been awarded both components is the aggregate of the appropriate weekly rates for the two components as so determined.

A person shall not be entitled to a disability living allowance unless he satisfies prescribed conditions as to residence and presence in Northern Ireland.