The Social Security (Amendment) (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations

4.—(1) The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 7 (persons in certain accommodation other than hospitals)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(2), for “regulations 7A and 8” there shall be substituted “regulation 8”;

(b)paragraph (3)(b) shall be omitted;

(c)in paragraph (4)(3)—

(i)“Subject to paragraph (4A),” shall be omitted;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), “and at least 3 other persons in that home are provided with board and personal care, excluding persons carrying on the home or employed there or their relatives” shall be omitted, and

(iii)paragraph (4A)(4) shall be omitted.

(3) Regulation 7A(5) (persons to whom regulations 7 and 8 apply with modifications) shall be omitted.

(4) Schedule 2(6) (persons to whom regulations 7 and 8 apply with modifications) shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 20; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1993 Nos. 149 and 165 and S.R. 1994 No. 263

(2)

Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 5(2) of S.R. 1993 No. 149, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 165 and regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1994 No. 263

(3)

Paragraph (4) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1993 No. 149 and regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 1993 No. 165

(4)

Paragraph (4A) was inserted by regulation 2(2)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 165 and amended by regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 1994 No. 263

(5)

Regulation 7A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 263

(6)

Schedule 2 was added by regulation 2(6) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1994 No. 263