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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Entitlement to, and right to payment of, attendance allowance

5.—(1) Section 35 of that Act (attendance allowance) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In subsection (2), for “an attendance allowance is payable to any person” substitute “a person is entitled to an attendance allowance”.

(3) In subsection (4)—

(a)for “An attendance allowance shall not be payable to a person” substitute “A person shall not be entitled to an attendance allowance”; and

(b)in paragraph (a)—

(i)for “the allowance is payable” substitute “the person to whom the claim relates is entitled to the allowance”; and

(ii)for “the person to whom the claim relates” substitute “that person”.

(4) In subsection (4A), for “an attendance allowance to be paid to a person” substitute “a person to be entitled to an attendance allowance”.