http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/9/schedule/5/part/1/chapter/3

SCHEDULE 5DISABILITY ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 1ELIGIBILITY

CHAPTER 3SPECIAL RULES FOR TERMINAL ILLNESS CASES

Eligibility from date of application

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The regulations must be framed so that an individual who applies for disability assistance on the basis of having a terminal illness, and does have a terminal illness, is eligible, at the latest, from the day the application is made.