The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013

Notifications of change of circumstances

20.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a person notifies the Secretary of State of a change of circumstances, and

(b) paragraph (3), (4) or (5) applies.

(2) If this regulation applies—

(a) the notification shall not be regarded as relating to disability living allowance and accordingly neither section 10(1) (decisions superseding earlier decisions) nor any other provision of the 1998 Act shall apply, and

(b) the notification to the Secretary of State must be treated in all respects as if it were a notification under paragraph (4) of regulation 38 (evidence and information in connection with an award) of the Claims and Payments regulations of a change of circumstances which the person might reasonably be expected to know might affect the continuance of entitlement to personal independence payment.

(3) This paragraph applies where a notified person notifies the Secretary of State of a change of circumstances before the person makes a claim for personal independence payment.

(4) This paragraph applies where a transfer claimant notifies the Secretary of State of a change of circumstances.

(5) This paragraph applies where a DLA entitled person notifies the Secretary of State of a change of circumstances and, as a result, the Secretary of State is required by regulation 3(5) to send a notification under regulation 3(1) inviting the person to claim personal independence payment.

(6) Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply where the change of circumstances notified is that the notified person or the transfer claimant, as the case may be, is to become or has become absent, whether temporarily or permanently, from Great Britain.

(1)

There is an amendment to section 10 not relevant to these Regulations.