The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Supplementary

Claims, awards and information

93.—(1) A person is not entitled to personal independence payment for any period before the date on which a claim for it is made or treated as made by that person or on that person’s behalf.

(2) An award of personal independence payment is to be for a fixed term except where the person making the award considers that a fixed term award would be inappropriate.

(3) In deciding whether a fixed term award would be inappropriate, that person must have regard to guidance issued by the Department.

(4) Information supplied under this Part is to be taken for all purposes to be information relating to social security.

Report to the Assembly

94.  The Department must lay before the Assembly an independent report on the operation of assessments under Article 85—

(a) within 2 years beginning with the date on which the first regulations under that Article come into operation; and

(b) within 4 years beginning with that date.