PART 2Personal independence payment assessment
Assessment of ability to carry out activitiesI14
1
For the purposes of section 77(2) and section 78 or 79, as the case may be, of the Act, whether C has limited or severely limited ability to carry out daily living or mobility activities, as a result of C's physical or mental condition, is to be determined on the basis of an assessment.
2
C's ability to carry out an activity is to be assessed –
a
on the basis of C's ability whilst wearing or using any aid or appliance which C normally wears or uses; or
b
as if C were wearing or using any aid or appliance which C could reasonably be expected to wear or use.
F22A
Where C’s ability to carry out an activity is assessed, C is to be assessed as satisfying a descriptor only if C can do so—
a
safely;
b
to an acceptable standard;
c
repeatedly; and
d
within a reasonable time period.
3
Where C has been assessed as having severely limited ability to carry out activities, C is not to be treated as also having limited ability in relation to the same activities.
F14
In this regulation—
a
“safely” means in a manner unlikely to cause harm to C or to another person, either during or after completion of the activity;
b
“repeatedly” means as often as the activity being assessed is reasonably required to be completed; and
c
“reasonable time period” means no more than twice as long as the maximum period that a person without a physical or mental condition which limits that person’s ability to carry out the activity in question would normally take to complete that activity.