SCHEDULEPERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 2CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002I130

1

The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002105 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)106, in the appropriate place insert—

“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

3

In regulation 8 (prescribed conditions for a disabled or severely disabled child or qualifying young person)—

a

in paragraph (1)(b) after “paragraph (3)” insert “or (4)”;

b

after paragraph (2)(c) insert—

; or

d

personal independence payment is payable in respect of that person, or would be so payable but for regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012

c

after paragraph (3) insert—

4

A person satisfies the requirements of this paragraph if the daily living component of personal independence payment—

a

is payable in respect of that person, or

b

would be so payable but for regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012,

at the enhanced rate under section 78(2) of that Act.