The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The provisions contained in these Regulations are consequential upon, or supplementary to, provisions in Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5).

Paragraph 1 of the Schedule makes provision for adjusting personal independence payment where medical expenses are paid from public funds under war pensions instruments.

Paragraph 2 of the Schedule provides exemptions to paragraph 1.

Paragraph 3 of the Schedule amends the Council Tax (Additional Provision for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 which makes provision for care workers in relation to council tax disregards. Both the standard and enhanced rates of the daily living component of personal independence payment have been added to the list of qualifying benefits in respect of the person being cared for.

Paragraph 4 of the Schedule amends the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 to provide that persons who score at least 8 points on the “moving around” activity of the assessment for the mobility component of personal independence payment may be issued with a badge in accordance with those Regulations. An amendment to regulation 6 also provides that the period of issue of a badge shall end on the date when the badge holder will cease to receive personal independence payment, where this is less than three years from the date of issue.

Paragraphs 5 to 51 of the schedule ensure that appropriate references to personal independence payment are inserted to both primary and secondary legislation where there are references to disability living allowance.