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Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 in Northern Ireland

1991 c. 21 · Enacted 27 June 1991 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to introduce as social security benefits disability living allowance and disability working allowance; and for connected purposes.

[27th June 1991] E1

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Extent

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This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland except as provided by s.15(4).

Contents

  1. Disability living allowance
  2. 4Management of disability living allowance and attendance allowance etc.
  3. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. Disability working allowance
  5. 7Disability working allowance - supplementary.
  6. General
  7. 10Repeals.
  8. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 15Short title, commencement and extent.
  13. 12Paragraph 12
  14. Schedule 2: Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Amendments
  15. Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)
  16. 2Paragraph 2
  17. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
  18. Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
  19. 6Paragraph 6
  20. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
  21. 7Paragraph 7
  22. Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14)
  23. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  24. Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)
  25. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  26. 12Paragraph 12
  27. Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55)
  28. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  29. Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51)
  30. 14Paragraph 14
  31. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)
  32. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  33. Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1)
  34. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  35. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  36. 22Paragraph 22
  37. Schedule 3: Disability Working Allowance: Amendments
  38. Part II: Amendments of Other Acts
  39. 9Paragraph 9
  40. 10Paragraph 10
  41. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c.1)
  42. 11Paragraph 11
  43. 13Paragraph 13
  44. 14Paragraph 14
  45. 15Paragraph 15

4Management of disability living allowance and attendance allowance etc.I1

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(2)

The further amendments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall be made.

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7Disability working allowance - supplementary.I1

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The further amendments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect.

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The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

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15Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991, and this Act shall be included among the Acts which may be cited together as the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1991.

P1(2)

Apart from the provisions specified in subsection (3) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes of the same provision.

(3)

The provisions referred to in subsection (2) above are sections 12, 13, 14 and this section.

(4)

The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland—

  • section 4, so far as it relates to paragraphs 2, 6 and 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14, 18, 20 and 21 of Schedule 2;

  • section 5;

  • section 7, so far as it relates to paragraph 11 of Schedule 3;

  • section 10, so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 1 to the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and Schedule 5 to the M2Value Added Tax Act 1983;

  • section 11;

  • section 12;

  • section 13;

  • section 14; and

  • this section.

(5)

Except as provided by this section, this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

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The following paragraph shall be inserted after section 115B(2)(c)—

“(cc)

a disability appeal tribunal;”.

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F2(2)

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House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

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In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, in Part II of Schedule 1 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), there shall be inserted, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order,— “ The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board ”.

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In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices) in—

(a)

the entry beginning “A member of a panel appointed under section 7 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”;

(b)

the entry beginning “A regional or other full-time Chairman”; and

(c)

the entry for the President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals,

for the words “and Medical Appeal Tribunals” there shall be substituted the words “ , Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals ”.

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In section 70(2)(a) of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in respect of applicants for exemption from wearing seat belts) after sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—

“(iA)

a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of that Act;”.

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(1)

In section 74(4) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (disabled persons for purposes of provisions about pre-1981 trusts for disabled persons) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted

“, or

(c)

is in receipt of a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act 1975 by virtue of entitlement to the care component at the highest or middle rate.”.

(2)

In section 89(4) of that Act (disabled persons for purposes of provisions about other trusts for disabled persons) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted

“, or

(c)

in receipt of a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act 1975 by virtue of entitlement to the care component at the highest or middle rate.”.

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In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (judges etc barred from legal practice) the following entry shall be substituted for the entry beginning “President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals”— “ President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals or regional or other full-time chairman of such tribunals ”.

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In section 45(1A) of the Child Care Act 1980 (no liability to contribute to maintenance) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “ , family credit or disability working allowance ”.

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In section 70(2)(b) of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in respect of applicants for exemption from wearing seat belts) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “ , family credit or disability working allowance ”.

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In section 617(2)(a) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (treatment of social security benefits and contributions for tax purposes) after the words “family credit” there shall be inserted the words “ , disability working allowance ”.

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In section 17(9) of the Children Act 1989 (no repayment of assistance) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “ , family credit or disability working allowance ”.

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In section 29(3) of that Act (no recoupment of costs) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “ , family credit or disability working allowance ”.

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In paragraph 21(4) of Part III of Schedule 2 to that Act (no liability to contribute to maintenance) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “ , family credit or disability working allowance ”.