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The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

    2. 1ZA.Regulations 2 and 2ZA: the status condition and the award condition

    3. 1A.Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act

  3. PART II GENERAL

    1. 2.Conditions as to residence and presence in Great Britain

    2. 2ZA.Persons who are entitled to disability living allowance: effect of move to Scotland

    3. 2ZB.Persons with an ongoing claim for disability living allowance: effect of move to Scotland

    4. 2A.Persons residing in Great Britain to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies

    5. 2B.Persons residing in an EEA state ... or in Switzerland to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies

    6. 2C.Refugees and certain persons with leave to enter and remain in the United Kingdom

    7. 3.Age 65 or over

    8. 4.Rate of Benefit

    9. 5.Late claim by a person previously entitled

    10. 5A.Medical examination in prescribed circumstances

    11. 5B.Withholding of benefit in prescribed circumstances

    12. 5C.Payment of withheld benefit

  4. PART III CARE COMPONENT

    1. 6. Qualifying period for care component after an interval

    2. 7. Renal Dialysis

    3. 8. Hospitalisation of persons aged 18 or over

    4. 9.Persons in care homes

    5. 9A.Persons to whom regulations 9 and 10 apply with modifications

    6. 10. Exemption from regulation 8 and 9

    7. 10A.Adjustment of allowance where medical expenses are paid from public funds under war pensions instruments

    8. 10B.Exemption from regulation 10A

    9. 10C.Prescribed circumstance for entitlement to the care component

  5. PART IV MOBILITY COMPONENT

    1. 11. Qualifying period for mobility component after an interval

    2. 12. Entitlement to the mobility component

    3. 12A.Hospitalisation of persons aged 18 or over in mobility component cases

    4. 12B.Exemption from regulation 12A

    5. 12C.Adjustment of benefit to certain persons exempted from regulation 12A

    6. 13. Invalid Vehicle Scheme

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PERSONS AGED 65 AND OVER

      1. 1.Revision or supersession of an award made before person attained 65

      2. 2. Revision or supersession of an award other than a review to which paragraph 1 refers

      3. 3. Age 65 and over and entitled to the care component

      4. 4. Invalid Vehicle Scheme

      5. 5. Age 65 or over and entitled to mobility component

      6. 6. Aged 65 or over and award of lower rate mobility component

      7. 7.Award of care component where person entitled to mobility component

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      INVALID VEHICLE SCHEME

      1. 1. Interpretation

      2. 2. Prescribed periods for purposes of section 13(3)(c) of the 1977 Act

      3. 3. Issue of certificates

      4. 4. Duration and cancellation of certificates

      5. 5. Application of these Regulations in relation to vehicle scheme beneficiaries

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PERSONS TO WHOM REGULATIONS 9 AND 10 APPLY WITH MODIFICATIONS

  7. Explanatory Note

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