Explanatory note

These Regulations make provisions concerning the issue and cancellation of certificates whereby, by virtue of section 13 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977, certain classes of persons may be deemed to satisfy certain of the conditions for mobility allowance specified in section 37A of the Social Security Act 1975.

They also make provision for further defining the classes of persons concerned and for relaxing for those in respect of whom the certificates are issued requirements of the Social Security Act 1975 and the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975 relating to the upper age limit for the allowance, the residence and presence conditions for the allowance, the period for which a person may be entitled to the allowance and the determination of claims for the allowance.