Regulation 8 (hospitalisation) and 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 19916, shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of each regulation of the following–

“(2A)

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 other similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or other similar institution.”.