# The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, Regulation 6: Amendment of Schedule 3 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations


In Schedule 3 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (assessment of whether a claimant has limited capability for work-related activity)—
(a) in Activity 1 for the wording in column 1 substitute—
“1. Mobilising unaided by another person with or without a walking stick, manual wheelchair or other aid if such aid is normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”;
(b) in Activity 6, for the wording in column 1 substitute—
“6. Making self understood through speaking, writing, typing, or other means which are normally, or could reasonably be, used, unaided by another person.”;
(c) in Activity 7, for the wording in column 1 substitute—
“7. Understanding communication by—
(a) verbal means (such as hearing or lip reading) alone, or
(b) non-verbal means (such as reading 16 point print or Braille) alone, or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b),
using any aid that is normally or could reasonably be used, unaided by another person.”; and
(d) in Activity 8, for the wording in column 1 substitute—
“8. Absence or loss of control whilst conscious leading to extensive evacuation of the bowel and/or voiding of the bladder, other than enuresis (bed-wetting), despite the wearing or use of any aids or adaptations which are normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/2/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/regulation-6
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