Amendment of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 19916.

(1)

The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1), there shall be inserted at the appropriate places—

““the Independent Living Funds” means the Independent Living Fund, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund;

“the Independent Living (Extension) Fund” means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

“the Independent Living (1993) Fund” means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;”.

(3)

In each of the provisions to which paragraph (4) below refers, the words “the Independent Living Funds” shall be substituted for the words “ the Independent Living Fund ”.

(4)

Those provisions are regulations 29(3) (notional income), 34(3) (income treated as capital) and 37(3) (notional capital), Schedule 3, paragraph 33(1) (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) and Schedule 4, paragraph 23(1) (capital to be disregarded).

(5)

In Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 31, for the words “or the Fund” there shall be substituted the words “ the Fund or the Independent Living (1993) Fund. ”.