(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 by–
(1) clarifying regulation 4 and removing the reference to disability living allowance (regulation 2);
(2) including a reference to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 in the definitions in regulation 6(3) of “National Health Service trust” and “recognised fund-holding practice” (regulation 3);
(3) extending regulation 7(2) and regulation 8(1) which provide exceptions to the requirement that disability living allowance should not be paid to people in certain accommodation (regulations 4 and 5).