The Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

Part I Introduction

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 1992.

(2) In these regulations—

“the Act” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975(1);

“the Adjudication Regulations” means the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);

“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3);

“adjudicating authority” means, as the case may be, an adjudication officer appointed under section 97(1)(4), a social security appeal tribunal constituted under section 97(2) to (2E)(4), a disability appeal tribunal constituted under Schedule 10A(5) or the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed in accordance with section 97(3)(6) and includes a Tribunal of 2 or 3 such Commissioners constituted in accordance with section 116;

“the Board” means the Attendance Allowance Board for Northern Ireland;

“care component” means the care component of a disability living allowance;

“mobility component” means the mobility component of a disability living allowance;

“second tier adjudication” has the meaning given to it in regulation 15.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—

(a) a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Act bearing that number;

(b) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to the paragraph or sub-paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.

(4) Any sum payable in accordance with these regulations is payable subject to the provisions of Chapters II and VI of Part II of the Act, and of any regulations made thereunder.

(5) The Interpretation Act 1978(7) shall apply to these regulations as it applies to an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament.

(1)

1975 c. 15

(2)

S. R. 1987 No. 82; the relevant amending regulations are S. R. 1988 No. 369, S. R. 1989 No. 397 and S. R. 1991 No. 107. See also S. R. 1977 No. 242

(3)

S. R. 1987 No. 465; to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations

(4)

Section 97(1) to (2E) was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Adjudications (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S. I. 1983/1524 (N. I. 17)); section 97(1) was amended by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S. I. 1990/1511 (N. I. 15)); and section 97(2A) and (2B) was substituted by Article 10(a) of the Health and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S. I. 1984/1158 (N. I. 8))

(5)

Schedule 10A was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S. I. 1991/1712 (N. I. 17))

(6)

Section 97(3) was amended by section 9(2) of the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18)

(7)

1978 c. 30