OpenLegislation

The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/69 · Made 18 February 1997

Original text. legislation.gov.uk does not revise statutory instruments, so later amendments are not shown here. Changes made to it are listed under each provision when known.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 18th February 1997

Coming into operation 6th October 1997

The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 64(1), 71(6) and 75 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th October 1997.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 for “paragraphs (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “the following provisions of this regulation”.

3Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations

(1)

The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) for “paragraphs (2) to (5)” there shall be substituted “the following provisions of this regulation”.

(3)

In regulation 3(1) for the words from “, where—” to the end there shall be substituted “if he is a person to whom paragraphs (2) and (3) apply.”.

4Revocation

Regulation 2(4)(a) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on

L.S.

John O'Neill

Assistant Secretary

18th February 1997.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (“the Attendance Allowance Regulations”) and the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (“the Disability Living Allowance Regulations”).

Regulation 3(3) amends the Disability Living Allowance Regulations so that persons over the age of 65 are no longer able to claim disability living allowance.

Regulations 2 and 3(2) make minor drafting amendments to the Attendance Allowance Regulations and the Disability Living Allowance Regulations.

Regulation 4 makes a consequential revocation.

These Regulations correspond to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.