PART 2AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION: ENGLAND AND WALES, AND SCOTLAND
Prevention of overlapping payments: Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment
Amendment of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922
1
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19923 is amended as follows.
2
In section 64 (attendance allowance), in subsection (1A)4, after paragraph (a) insert—
aa
adult disability payment;
3
In section 71 (disability living allowance), in subsection (7), for “Child Disability Payment” substitute “adult disability payment or child disability payment”
.
4
In section 122 (interpretation of Parts 1 to 6 and supplementary provisions), in subsection (1)—
a
after the definition of “additional primary percentage”, insert—
“adult disability payment” means disability assistance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;
b
for the definition of “Child Disability Payment”5, substitute—
“child disability payment” means disability assistance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/174);