3. In regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution.”.
S.R. 1992 No. 20; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 481