Regulation 63 Illness or disability of relevant other childI1

personal care and attendance;

personal communication needs;

mobility;

domestic help;

medical aids where these cannot be provided as part of health services;

heating;

clothing;

laundry requirements;

payments for food essential to comply with a diet recommended by a medical practitioner;

adaptations required to the non-resident parent’s home;

day care;

rehabilitation; or

respite care.

a person is “disabled” for a period in respect of which—

and “disability” is to be construed accordingly;

“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;

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

“disability living allowance” means the care component of a disability living allowance, payable under section 72 of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f2;

“Scottish adult disability living allowance” means the care component of a Scottish adult disability living allowance, payable under regulation 6 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;

“health services” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

“long-term illness” means an illness from which the child is suffering at the date of the application or the date from which the variation, if agreed, would take effect and which is likely to last for at least 12 months after that date, or, if likely to be shorter than 12 months, for the remainder of the child’s life;

“relevant other child” has the meaning given in paragraph 10C(2) of Schedule 1^f3.

“personal independence payment” means the daily living component of personal independence payment under Article 83 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

“adult disability payment” means the daily living component of adult disability payment under regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;

the non-resident parent or a member of the non-resident parent’s household has received, is in receipt of, or will receive any financial assistance from any source in respect of the long-term illness or disability of the relevant other child; or

F19adult disability payment, F20armed forces independence payment F21, child disability payment F22, a disability living allowance F23, Scottish adult disability living allowance or personal independence payment is received by the non-resident parent or the member of the non-resident parent’s household on behalf of the relevant other child,

“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a juvenile justice centre within the meaning of Article 51 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998^f4 or a young offenders centre within the meaning of section 2 of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968^f5 who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f6; and

where a person has ceased to be registered in a register as referred to in head (iii) of that sub-paragraph, having regained their eyesight, that person is to be treated as though registered blind, for a period of 28 days after the day on which that person ceased to be registered in such a register.