2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1);
“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
“appeal tribunal” means the appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part II of the 1998 Order;
“award” in relation to disability living allowance, means the award having effect immediately prior to its termination under regulation 17(1) of the Transitional Provisions Regulations;
“Commissioner” means the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner and includes a tribunal of 2 or more Commissioners constituted under Article 16(7) of the 1998 Order;
“daily living activities” and “ mobility activities” have the same meaning as in Part 5 of the 2015 Order;
“decision notice” means the decision notice under regulation 53(3) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(2);
“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);
“transfer claimant” has the same meaning as in the Transitional Provisions Regulations;
“transitional assessment determination” means the determination, under regulation 4 of the Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(4) of a claim for personal independence payment made by a transfer claimant;
“the Transitional Provisions Regulations” means the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(5).
(2) The transition date is the date on which—
(a)the Department sends a notification to the person in accordance with regulation 3(1) of the Transitional Provisions Regulations inviting the person to make a claim for personal independence payment; or
(b)the person makes a claim for personal independence payment in accordance with regulation 4 of the Transitional Provisions Regulations.
S.R. 1999 No. 162; regulation 53(3) was amended by regulation 7(10)(a) of SR 2005 No. 46
1992 c. 7; section 71 was amended by Article 64(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. (11))