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SCHEDULE 2E+W+S+N.I. Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Amendments

Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (c. 10)E+W+S

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F1Sch. 2 para. 1 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 65, 66 (with s. 57(4))

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)E+W+S+N.I.

2F2(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.

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F2Sch. 2 para. 2(1) repealed (1.10.1992) by Tribunals and Enquiries Act 1992 c. 53, ss. 18(2), 19(2), Sch. 4 Pt.I

F3Sch. 2 para. 2(2) repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1

The 1975 ActE+W+S

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F4Sch. 2 paras. 3-5 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

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F5Sch. 2 paras. 3-5 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

F65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F6Sch. 2 paras. 3-5 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)E+W+S+N.I.

Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)E+W+S+N.I.

6In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, in Part II of Schedule 1 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), there shall be inserted, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order,— “ The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board ”.E+W+S+N.I.

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I1Sch. 2 para. 6 wholly in force at 3.2.1992 see s. 15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(d)

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975E+W+S+N.I.

7In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices) in—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)the entry beginning “A member of a panel appointed under section 7 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”;

(b)the entry beginning “A regional or other full-time Chairman”; and

(c)the entry for the President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals,

for the words “and Medical Appeal Tribunals” there shall be substituted the words “ , Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals ”.

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I2Sch. 2 para. 7 wholly in force at 3.2.1992 see s. 15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(d)

Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5)E+W+S

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F7Sch. 2 para. 8 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14)E+W+S+N.I.

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F8Sch. 2 para. 9 repealed (6.4.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1) of the repealing Act) by Taxation of Chargable Gains Act 1992 c. 12 ss. 289(1), 290, Sch.12 (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3), Sch. 11 paras. 20, 22, 26(2), 27)

Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)E+W+S+N.I.

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F9Sch. 2 para. 10 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

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F10Sch. 2 para. 11 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)E+W+S

12In section 70(2)(a) of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in respect of applicants for exemption from wearing seat belts) after sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—E+W+S

(iA)a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of that Act;.

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I3Sch. 2 para.12 wholly in force 6.4.1992; see s. 15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(f)

Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55)E+W+S+N.I.

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Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51)E+W+S+N.I.

14(1)In section 74(4) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (disabled persons for purposes of provisions about pre-1981 trusts for disabled persons) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted , or E+W+S+N.I.

(c)is in receipt of a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act 1975 by virtue of entitlement to the care component at the highest or middle rate..

(2)In section 89(4) of that Act (disabled persons for purposes of provisions about other trusts for disabled persons) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted , or

(c)in receipt of a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act 1975 by virtue of entitlement to the care component at the highest or middle rate..

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Commencement Information

I4Sch. 2 para. 14 wholly in force 6.4.1992; see s. 15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(f)

The 1986 ActE+W+S

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F12Sch. 2 paras. 15-17 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

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F13Sch. 2 paras. 15-17 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

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F14Sch. 2 paras. 15-17 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)E+W+S+N.I.

18In section 617(1)(a) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (treatment of social security benefits and contributions for tax purposes) after the words “mobility allowance,” there shall be inserted the words “ disability living allowance, ”.E+W+S+N.I.

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I5Sch. 2 para. 18 wholly in force 6.4.1992; see s.15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(f)

Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24)E+W+S

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F15Sch. 2 para. 19 repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 c. 6, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch.1

Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1)E+W+S+N.I.

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F16Sch. 2 para. 20 repealed (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 579(1) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 2, s. 580, Sch. 4

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F17Sch. 2 para. 21 repealed (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 579(1) of the amending) by 2001 c. 2, s. 580, Sch. 4

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)E+W+S

22In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (judges etc barred from legal practice) the following entry shall be substituted for the entry beginning “President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals”— “ President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals or regional or other full-time chairman of such tribunals ”.E+W+S

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Commencement Information

I6Sch. 2 para. 22 wholly in force at 3.2.1992; see s. 15(2) and S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(d)

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