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

Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 U.K.

30.—(1) The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)(2), 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”; and

(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.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 30 in force at 8.4.2013, see reg. 2

(1)

S.I. 2002/2007.

(2)

There are amendments to regulation 2(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.