3.—(1) Regulation 2 does not apply to P in respect of the first 28 days of any period during which the amount of any personal independence payment attributable to the daily living component in accordance with Article 83 of the 2015 Order would be liable to be adjusted by virtue of regulation 2.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), two or more distinct periods separated by an interval not exceeding 28 days, or by two such intervals, are to be treated as a continuous period equal in duration to the aggregate of such distinct periods and ending on the last day of the later or last such period.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a “relevant day” in relation to P means a day which fell not earlier than 28 days before the first day on which P was provided with relevant accommodation and either—
(a)was a day when P was undergoing medical treatment in a hospital or similar institution in any of the circumstances mentioned in regulation 29 of the Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1); or
(b)was a day when P was, or would but for regulation 30 of those Regulations have been, prevented from receiving personal independence payment attributable to the daily living component by virtue of regulation 29(1) of those Regulations,
and where there is in relation to P a relevant day, paragraph (1) has effect as if for “28 days” there was substituted such lesser number of days as is produced by subtracting from 28 the number of relevant days in that case.