# The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1993, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Income Support Regulations


(1) Schedule 2 paragraph 13 to the Income Support Regulations (severe disability premium) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a) for the words “or a lone parent” there shall be substituted the words “ , a lone parent or a claimant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (2A) ”.
(3) After sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph
“(2A) Where a claimant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2), that partner shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if he were not a partner of the claimant.”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3) after head (c) the word “or” and the following head shall be added—
“(d) a person who is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1150/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-1993/regulation-3
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