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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. III heading substituted (3.4.2000) by virtue of The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3109), regs. 1(1), 3(1)
25.—[F2(1) For the purposes of section 171C(2)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act a person is incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment when one or more of the descriptors in Part I or Part II apply to him if, by adding the points listed in column (3) of the Schedule against the descriptor, he obtains a total score of at least—
(a)15 points in respect of descriptors specified in Part I; or
(b)10 points in respect of descriptors specified in Part II; or
(c)15 points in respect of descriptors specified in Parts I and II.]
(2) In determining the extent of a person’s incapacity to perform any activity listed in Part I he shall be assessed as if he were wearing any prosthesis with which he is fitted [F3or, as the case may be, any aid or appliance which he normally wears or uses.]
[F4(3) In determining the extent of a person’s incapacity to perform any activity listed in Part I or Part II, it shall be a condition that the person’s incapacity arises—
(a)in respect of a disability listed in Part I, from a specific bodily disease or disablement; or
(b)in respect of a disability listed in Part II, from some specific mental illness or disablement.]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 25(1) substituted (3.4.2000) by The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3109), regs. 1(1), 3(3)
F3 Words in reg. 25(2) added (6.1.1997) by The Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3207) , regs. 1(1) , 2(7)(a)
F4 Reg. 25(3) inserted (6.1.1997) by The Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3207) , regs. 1(1) , 2(7)(b)