Regulation 26 Claim for personal independence payment after an interval and after reaching the relevant age
Where C has reached the relevant age and makes a new claim in the circumstances set out in regulation 15 the following exceptions apply.
The exceptions referred to in paragraph (1) are —
section 83(1) of the Act (persons of pensionable age) does not apply;
the reference to ‘2 years’ in regulation 15(1)(b) is to be read as ‘1 year’;
where C is assessed as having severely limited ability to carry out mobility activities for the purposes of the new claim –
C is entitled to the enhanced rate of the mobility component only if C was entitled to that rate of that component under the previous award; and
where C is not entitled to the enhanced rate of that component because of paragraph (i), C is entitled to the standard rate of that component provided that C was entitled to that rate of that component under the previous award; and
where C is assessed as having limited ability to carry out mobility activities for the purposes of the new claim, C is entitled to the standard rate of the mobility component only if C was entitled to that component, at either rate, under the previous award.