Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (eligibility — supply of optical appliances) is amended as follows.

In paragraph (3), the word “or” at the end of paragraph (e) is omitted and after paragraph (f) there is inserted—

“(g)

he is in receipt of disability working allowance and his capital resources, calculated in accordance with the Regulations concerning entitlement to that allowance^f1, were not more than £8,000 at the time that allowance was claimed; or

(h)

he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (g) of this paragraph.”.

For paragraph (4) there is substituted—

“(4)

In paragraph (3), “family” (in references to membership of the same family) has the meaning given to it by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f2—

(a)

as it applies to income support^f3, in the case of paragraph (3)(b) and (f);

(b)

as it applies to family credit^f4, in the case of paragraph (3)(d); and

(c)

as it applies to disability working allowance^f5, in the case of paragraph (3)(h)”.