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.”.
S.R. 1992 No. 32; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 481 and S.R. 1996 No. 225
Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 225