The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Invitations to persons entitled to disability living allowance to claim personal independence payment

  5. 4.Claims by persons entitled to disability living allowance for personal independence payment other than by invitation

  6. 5.Persons under 16 not entitled to claim personal independence payment

  7. 6.Persons in the course of claiming disability living allowance not entitled to claim personal independence payment

  8. 7.Form of notification inviting a person to claim personal independence payment

  9. 8.Making a claim for personal independence payment following notification

  10. 9.Suspension of disability living allowance where no claim for personal independence payment made

  11. 10.Further opportunity to claim personal independence payment

  12. 11.Termination of entitlement to disability living allowance following failure to claim personal independence payment

  13. 12.Defective claims by voluntary transfer claimants

  14. 13.Failure to provide information etc.

  15. 14.Express intention not to claim personal independence payment

  16. 15.Withdrawal of claim for personal independence payment

  17. 16.Death before or after making claim for personal independence payment

  18. 17.Procedure following and consequences of determination of claim for personal independence payment

  19. 18.Extension of certain fixed term period awards of disability living allowance for persons reaching 16

  20. 19.General power to extend fixed term period awards of disability living allowance

  21. 20.Notifications of change of circumstances

  22. 21.Extinguishment of rights of appeal etc. under disability living allowance regime

  23. 22.Extinguishment of right to claim disability living allowance

  24. 23.Assessment of claim: transfer claimants to be taken to meet part of the required period condition

  25. 24.Assessment of claim: date by reference to which assessment is to be made

  26. 25.Treatment of persons in hospital or care home during transfer to personal independence payment

  27. 26.Temporary absence from Northern Ireland when transfer claimant becomes entitled to personal independence payment

  28. 27.Persons aged 65 and over to be entitled to personal independence payment in certain circumstances

  29. 27A.Revision and supersession of an award of personal independence payment in certain circumstances

  30. 28.Persons unable to act: claims for personal independence payment

  31. 29.Persons unable to act: transfer to personal independence payment

  32. 30.Application of these Regulations to certain persons becoming entitled to disability living allowance while claiming personal independence payment

  33. 31.Disabled people: badges for motor vehicles

  34. Signature

  35. Explanatory Note