Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 19913

Regulation 6 (hospitalisation) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 19915 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of the following–

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For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution.