Social Security Act 1979

2 Attendance allowance

(1) Section 35 of the principal Act is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(b) for the words " immediately preceded " there are substituted the words " preceded immediately, or within such period as may be prescribed, ".

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2) above a person who suffers from renal failure and is undergoing such form of treatment as may be prescribed shall, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, be deemed to satisfy or to be likely to satisfy one or both of those conditions.”.

(4) In subsection (3), for the words "preceding 6 months" there are substituted the words " period of 6 months mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above ".

(5) In subsection (4)(a), for the words " mentioned in subsection (2) (b) above " and " there mentioned " there are substituted, respectively, the words " immediately preceding the period for which the allowance is payable " and " mentioned in subsection (2) (b) above " and after the words " that period " there are inserted the words " of 6 months ".

(6) After subsection (5) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(5A) Regulations may provide that, in such circumstances and for such purposes as may be prescribed, a person who is, or is treated under the regulations as, undergoing treatment for renal failure in a hospital or other similar institution otherwise than as an in-patient shall be deemed not to satisfy or to be unlikely to satisfy one or both of the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b) above.”.