# The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, Paragraph 8: Blind persons


A person who is a blind person registered with a Health and Social Services Board, established under Article 16 of the 1972 Order, but a person who has ceased to be so registered on regaining his eyesight shall nevertheless be treated as so registered for a period of 28 weeks following the date on which he ceased to be so registered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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