Introductory Text
PART 1 General
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART 2 Personal independence payment assessment
3.Daily living activities and mobility activities
4.Assessment of ability to carry out activities
5.Scoring for daily living activities
6.Scoring for mobility activities
7.Scoring: further provision
8.Information or evidence required for determining limited or severely limited ability to carry out activities
9.Claimant may be called for a consultation to determine whether the claimant has limited or severely limited ability to carry out activities
10.Matters to be taken into account in determining good reason in relation to regulations 8 and 9
11.Re-determination of ability to carry out activities
PART 3 Required period condition
12.Required period condition: daily living component
13.Required period condition: mobility component
14.The prescribed date
15.The prescribed date: claims for personal independence payment after an interval
PART 4 Residence and presence conditions
16.Conditions relating to residence and presence in Northern Ireland
17.Absence from Northern Ireland
18.Absence from Northern Ireland to receive medical treatment
19.Absence from Northern Ireland in special cases
20.Serving members of Her Majesty’s forces and their family members – further provision
21.Terminal illness
22.Persons residing in Northern Ireland to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies
23.Persons residing in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom or in Switzerland to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies
PART 5 Rate of personal independence payment
24.Rate of personal independence payment
PART 6 Provisions relating to age
25.Exceptions to Article 88 where entitlement exists or claim made before relevant age
26.Claim for personal independence payment after an interval and after reaching the relevant age
27.Revision and supersession of an award after the person has reached the relevant age
PART 7 Payability when person is residing in certain accommodation or is detained in custody
28.Care home residents
29.Hospital in-patients
30.Payability exceptions: care homes and hospitals
31.Prisoners and detainees
32.Periods of residence
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
Personal independence payment assessment
PART 1 Interpretation
PART 2 Daily living activities
PART 3 Mobility activities
SCHEDULE 2
Members of Her Majesty’s forces: excluded persons
1.The following persons are not members of Her Majesty’s forces...
2.Paragraph 1(a) does not include any person who—
Explanatory Note