3.—(1) In Part III, for the words constituting the heading “ALL WORK TEST” there shall be substituted “PERSONAL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT”.
(2) For regulation 24 there shall be substituted—
24. For the purposes of section 171C(2)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act the personal capability assessment is an assessment of the extent to which a person who has some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement is capable of performing the activities prescribed in the Schedule, or is incapable by reason of such disease or bodily or mental disablement of performing those activities.”.
(3) For regulation 25(1)(1) there shall be substituted—
25.—(1) For the purposes of section 171C(2)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act a person is incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment when one or more of the descriptors in Part I or Part II apply to him if, by adding the points listed in column (3) of the Schedule against the descriptor, he obtains a total score of at least—
(a)15 points in respect of descriptors specified in Part I; or
(b)10 points in respect of descriptors specified in Part II; or
(c)15 points in respect of descriptors specified in Parts I and II.”.
(4) In regulation 27(2) (exceptional circumstances), for the words “does not satisfy the all work test” there shall be substituted “is not incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment”.
(5) For regulation 28(1)(3) (conditions for treating the all work test as satisfied until assessment), there shall be substituted—
28.—(1) Where the question of whether a person is capable or incapable of work falls to be determined in accordance with the personal capability assessment that person shall, if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met, be treated as incapable of work in accordance with the personal capability assessment until such time as he has been assessed or he falls to be treated as capable of work in accordance with regulation 7 or 8.”.