SCHEDULEPERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 2CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 199214

1

The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 199244 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)45, after the definition of “permanent resident” insert—

“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

3

In Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

a

in paragraph 4 after “disability living allowance” insert “or the mobility component of personal independence payment”; and

b

in paragraph 6—

i

omit “or” at the end of paragraph (a); and

ii

after paragraph (b) insert—

; or

c

the daily living component of any personal independence payment