The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations

4.—(1) The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 8 (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.”.

(3) In regulation 12A(2) (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3) 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.”.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 32; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 481 and S.R. 1996 No. 225

(2)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 225