The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations

2.  For regulation 27 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1) (exceptional circumstances) there shall be substituted the following regulation –

“27.   A person who is not incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment shall be treated as incapable of work if –

(a) he suffers from a previously undiagnosed potentially life-threatening condition;

(b) he suffers from some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement and, by reason of such disease or disablement, there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if he were found capable of work;

(c) he suffers from a severe uncontrolled or uncontrollable disease; or

(d) he will, within three months of the date on which the doctor examines him, have a major surgical operation or other major therapeutic procedure.”.

(1)

S.R. 1995 No. 41; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 601 and S.R. 2000 No. 4