2017 No. 194
The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 80(1) and (3)(b) and (c) and 94(1), (2) and (3)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 20121.
The Secretary of State has not referred proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee, as it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to do so2.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 16th March 2017.
Amendment of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 20132
1
Schedule 1 (personal independence payment assessment) to the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 20133 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1 of Part 1 (interpretation)—
a
in the defined term “manage medication or therapy”, omit “or therapy”;
b
in the definition of that term, omit “or undertake therapy”;
c
after that definition insert—
“manage therapy” means undertake therapy, where a failure to do so is likely to result in a deterioration in C’s health;
d
in the defined term “monitor health”, for “monitor health” substitute “monitor a health condition”;
e
in the definition of “therapy”, after paragraph (b) insert (as full-out words)—
but does not include taking or applying, or otherwise receiving or administering, medication (whether orally, topically or by any other means), or any action which, in C’s case, falls within the definition of “monitor a health condition”;
3
In the table in Part 2 (daily living activities), in relation to activity 3 (managing therapy or monitoring a health condition), in descriptor b—
a
for “either” substitute “any one or more of the following”;
b
between paragraphs (i) and (ii), omit “or”;
c
in paragraph (ii) omit “or monitor a health condition”;
d
at the end insert—
iii
supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to monitor a health condition.
4
In the table in Part 3 (mobility activities), in relation to activity 1 (planning and following journeys), in descriptors c, d and f, for “Cannot” substitute “For reasons other than psychological distress, cannot”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)