Part III

Non-Contributory Benefits

Disability living allowance

Disability living allowance.
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1
Disability living allowance shall consist of a care component and a mobility component.
2
A person’s entitlement to a disability living allowance may be an entitlement to either component or to both of them.
3
A person may be awarded either component for a fixed period or for an indefinite period, but if his award of a disability living allowance consists of both components, he may not be awarded the components for different fixed periods.
4
The weekly rate of a person’s disability living allowance for a week for which he has only been awarded one component is the appropriate weekly rate for that component as determined in accordance with this Act or regulations under it.
5
The weekly rate of a person’s disability living allowance for a week for which he has been awarded both components is the aggregate of the appropriate weekly rates for the two components as so determined.
6
A person shall not be entitled to a disability living allowance unless he satisfies prescribed conditions as to residence and presence in Northern Ireland.
7
A person is not entitled to a disability living allowance while the person is entitled to—
a
child disability payment,
b
adult disability payment,...
c
pension age disability payment
, or
d
Scottish adult disability living allowance.
Pt. III (ss. 63-79) excluded (13.1.1993) by S.R. 1979/242, reg. 4(1) (as substituted (13.1.1993) by S.R. 1992/557, reg. 3).
Pt. III (ss. 63-79): power to apply conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), ss. 161, 168(4), Sch. 6 para. 1(3)(a).
Words in s. 71(3) substituted (12.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 64(1); S.R. 1999/494, art. 2(3)
S. 71(7) inserted (21.10.2024) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1048), arts. 1(2), 5(4)
S. 71(7)(d) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/224), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)
Word in s. 71(7)(b) omitted (21.3.2025) by virtue of The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/224), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(a)
Word in s. 71(7)(c) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/224), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(b)