The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013

Interpretation E+W+S

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998F1 ;

“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

[F2 “adult disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;]

“aid or appliance”—

(a)

means any device which improves, provides or replaces C's impaired physical or mental function; and

(b)

includes a prosthesis;

“assessment” means the assessment referred to in regulation 4;

“C” means a person who has made a claim for or, as the case may be, is entitled to personal independence payment;

[F2 “child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;]

“component” means the daily living component or, as the case may be, the mobility component of personal independence payment;

“descriptor” means a descriptor in column 2 of the tables in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1;

“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992F3 ;

“medical treatment” means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course or diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;

“prescribed date” means the date prescribed F4 by regulation [F5 14, 15 or 15A];

“previous award” means an award of either or both components to which C has ceased to be entitled;

“revised” means revised under section 9 of the 1998 Act, and “revision” is to be construed accordingly;

“superseded” means superseded under section 10 of the 1998 ActF6 , and “supersession” is to be construed accordingly; and

terms defined for the purposes of a provision of Part 4 of the Act have the same meaning in these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

F1 1998 c.14.

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 14(2)(a)

F3 1992 c.4. Section 71 was amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), section 67(1).

F4 ‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by regulations. See section 95 of the Act.

F5 Words in reg. 2 substituted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 14(2)(b)

F6 Section 10 was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2), Schedule 7, paragraph 23(a) and (b) and Schedule 10, and the Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), Schedule 3, paragraph 148.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2013/358