# Local Government Finance Act 1992, Paragraph 2


(1) A person shall be disregarded for the purposes of discount on a particular day if—
(a) on the day he is severely mentally impaired;
(b) as regards any period which includes the day he is stated in a certificate of a registered medical practitioner to have been or to be likely to be severely mentally impaired; and
(c) as regards the day he fulfils such conditions as may be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a person is severely mentally impaired if he has a severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning (however caused) which appears to be permanent.
(3) The Secretary of State may by order substitute another definition for the definition in sub-paragraph (2) above as for the time being effective for the purposes of this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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